Vol. XXI, pp. 85-90 March 21, 1908 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



NOTES ON THE HABITS OF TWO ARKANSAS SALA- 

 MANDERS AND A LIST OF BATRACHIANS AND 

 REPTILES COLLECTED AT HOT SPRINGS. 



BY JOHN K. STRECKER, JR. 



Baylor University, Waco, Texas. 



During the years 1894, 1895 and 1896 I received nearly 250 

 batrachians and reptiles from Hot Springs, Arkansas. These 

 specimens were collected by my friend, Bert Lawrence Combs, 

 who was killed at Red Oak, Iowa, in the spring of 1897, by a 

 fall from a tree. Young Combs, who was only twenty years of 

 age when he met his untimely end, was an enthusiastic orni- 

 thologist, and had he lived might have become eminent in his 

 particular field of science. To his energy, intelligence and 

 generosity I am indebted for many specimens and valuable 

 notes. At his death, in fulfillment of a wish he had expressed 

 several years before, I became the possessor of his books and 

 collection of specimens. A loving, generous soul, may he rest 

 in peace. 



The Hot Springs specimens collected by Combs were an inter- 

 esting lot. They represented 36 species and subspecies, includ- 

 ing the types of the salamander described by Dr. Stejneger under 

 the name of Desmognathus brimleyorum and four of the five 

 known specimens of the rare Ambi/stoma annulatum Cope. 



In this paper I have incorporated his most interesting obser- 

 vations; and give a complete list of the species received from 

 him with my personal comment thereon . 



Ambystoma annulatum Cope. 



COMBS' SALAMANDER. 



Cope described this species under the name of Linguelapsus annulatus, 

 from a specimen in the United States National Museum collection. The 

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