194 ^^^ Ottawa Naturalist. [November 



PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE BATRACHIA OF THE GASPE 

 PENINSULA AND THE MARITIME PROVINCES. 



Bv Phillip Cox. 



Rana septentrionalis, Baird. Mink Frog-. 



Common on Gasp^ Peninsula. Fairly common in New 

 Brunswick. Does not occur on Prince Edward Island. 



Rana fontinalis, Le Conte. Spring- Frog^. 



Rather uncommon. Its place taken by i?. septentrionalis in 

 Gasp6, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. ' 



Rana sylvatica, Le Conte, Wood Frog. 



Rather rare in Craspe and the Maritime Provinces. 



Rana virescens, Kalm. Green Frog. 



Our present knowledge shows this species to be rare in Gasp6 

 and the Marit'me Provinces. 



Rana palustris, Le Conte. Marsh Frog. 



Somewhat rare at Grand Pabos. Generally distributed in 

 New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. 

 BuFO LENTiGiNOSUS AMERICANOS, Le Conte. Toad. 



Not very common in Gasp6 Peninsula. Found throughout 

 the Maritime Provinces. 

 DiEMYCTYLUs viRiDENscENs, Raf. Spotted Triton, Newt. 



In small ponds in the valley of the Pabos and in lakes drain- 

 ing into the Dartmouth River, Gasp6. Not rare in New Bruns- 

 wick and Prince Edward Island. The largest specimen seen was 

 taken at Afton Lake, P. E. I. 



Desmognathus fusca, (Raf.) Baird. 



Larvae seen in a pond at New Carlisle were, I think, of this 

 species. 



Plethodon erythronotus, (Green.) Baird. Red-backed Sala- 

 mander. 



Not uncommon in the Gasp6 Peninsula, New Brunswick and 

 Nova Scotia. 

 Amblystoma jeffersonianum, (Green.) Baird. 



Seems to be very rare, for although searched for was only 

 found at Grand River. Common in New Brunswick but the pre- 



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