NOTE 



During the years 1918 to 1924 the late Mr. N. Hollister published 

 an account of the East African Mammals in the United States Na- 

 tional Museum.^ In writing this report on the reptiles and amphib- 

 ians of the same region I have attempted, as far as circumstances 

 would permit, to model it on the lines of Hollister's work. A few 

 variations from the form of that paper have, however, been deemed 

 advisable. 



I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my thanks to 

 Doctor Stejneger for settling several questions of generic priority or 

 use and to Miss Cochran for information regarding specimens not 

 forwarded to me; also my great indebtedness to Mr. H. W. Parker, 

 who has taken much trouble in comparing certain specimens with the 

 types in the British Museum and provided me with detailed notes 

 on points of variability. 



Arthur Loveridge. 



1 HoUister, 1918, 1919, 1924, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 99, Parts 1-3. Plates. 



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