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SECOND CONTRIBUTION TO THE HERPETOLOGY 

 OF MISSOURI.* 



Julius Hurter. 



In 1897 I had the honor to report on a number of reptiles 

 and batrachians that I had ascertained to occur in the State 

 of Missouri, and this evening I am able to add nineteen new 

 species not before found nor reported for the State. But 

 before I proceed let me give you an idea of the difficulty in 

 finding co-workers in my line of collecting. Prof. H. M. 

 Whelpley, editor of the Meyer Brothers' Druggist, had the 

 kindness to distribute with that periodical a circular, asking 

 for assistance in collecting and sending in specimens from 

 their respective counties. This circular reached about 1,300 

 druggists in the State of Missouri, and in response to it I 

 received fifteen answers from persons that would like to help ; 

 but to my great regret I found out that even they were more 

 interested from a financial than from a scientific standpoint. 

 This gives an idea how difiicult it is to get assistance from 

 outside parties in this particular branch of study. Still, I am 

 under obligations to the following; gentlemen who offered 

 their services and procured me a good deal of material from 

 their respective counties, viz.: J. H. Black, Esq., Newton 

 County; J. C. Miles, Jasper County; J. M. Parker, Mont- 

 gomery County; Prof. R. R. Rowley, Pike County; Fuller 

 Smith, Clark County; Robt. Lotze, Oregon County; Dr. A. 

 Schaffraneck, St. Charles County; George Miller of our city, 

 who brought in quite a number of specimens from Stoddard 

 County; also Mr. H. N. Force, Ozark County; Dr. J. R. 

 Terry who collected in Adair County, and W. K. Smith, 

 Crawford County. All of these gentlemen brought in valuable 

 additions, which are mentioned in their proper places. The 

 increase over my previous list consists of nineteen species 

 as before mentioned, viz., six batrachia and thirteen reptilia. 



* Presented to The Academy of Science of St. Louis, January 5, 1903. 



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