NOTES ON BATRACHIA AND REPTILIA FROM THE 

 ISLANDS NORTH OF VENEZUELA. 



BY SETH EUGENE MEEK. 



During the winter of 1908-9 Mr. J. F. Ferry was sent by the 

 Museum to collect birds on the islands off the north coast of Venezuela. 

 He was instructed so far as possible to collect mammals and reptiles. 

 Although the collection of reptiles is not large, it is sufficiently so to 

 indicate quite well the nature of the reptilian fauna of these islands. 

 An account of the birds collected by Mr. Ferry was prepared by Prof. 

 C. B. Cory* and published by the Museum. A paper on the mam- 

 mals is being prepared by Mr. W. H. Osgood. 



Batrachia. 



Paludicola brachyops (Cope). 



Margarita Island. One specimen which agrees very well with 

 the description given by Dr. Boulenger except that the tympanum 

 is very distinct, being about half the diameter of the eye. 



Reptilta. 



Leptodira albofusca (Lacdpede). 



Margarita Island (2). Body 411 mm., tail 125 mm., scales, 18- 

 181-72; body, 360 mm. , tail 138 mm. , scales 18-177-85. 



No dark median line on the occiput; ventral surface whitish, no 

 brown specks. 



Zamenis mentovarius (Dumeril & Bibron). 



Margarita Island. Body 1250 mm. , tail 450 mm. , scales 17- 201- 

 105; body 800 mm., tail29omm., scales 17-205-106. 



Olive-brown, the tip and center of each scale very dark on the 

 smaller specimen, much less so on the larger one; ventral surface of 



* Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Pub. Ornithol. Ser., Vol. I, No. 5, pp. 191-2560. 



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