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THE AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF 

 ARKANSAS.* 



Julius Hueter and John K. Steecker, Jr. 



The present list of Arkansas amphibians and reptiles 

 has been compiled with a twofold purpose in view: (1) 

 to place on record a number of species collected by the 

 senior author, which have not been reported from the 

 state previously; (2) to form as complete a list of these 

 animals as our present imperfect knowledge of the her- 

 petology of the state will permit. 



In the United States National Museum Collection are 

 a number of specimens obtained by Marcy, Shumard and 

 other members of the Red River Expedition. Some of 

 these are labeled "Red River, Ark.," and "Fort Towson, 

 Red River, Ark.," but were not collected within the limits 

 of the present State of Arkansas. 



Such species as Bufo cognatus Say, Thamnophis mar- 

 ciana B. & Gr., Heterodon nascius B. & Gr., and Crotalus 

 confluentus Say are members of an entirely different 

 fauual region and are not likely to range east of central 

 Oklahoma. Ruthvenj has called attention to the fact that 

 Oklahoma examples of Thamnophis radix B. & G. are 

 hard to distinguish from T. marciana. Examples of 

 marciana from north-central Texas are not typical, and 

 it is extremely doubtful whether this snake occurs north 

 of Texas. 



Fort Towson is situated in southeastern Oklahoma. 

 Probably all of the species collected at this station will 

 ultimately be found in southwestern Arkansas. 



We have made liberal use of the Fort Smith records in 

 a paper by Robert Baird McLain, entitled, "Notes on a 



* Presented to The Academy of Science of St. Louis, March 1, 1909. 

 t Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 61 : 69. 1908 



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