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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 2 8 



Indefatigable Island tortoise {Testudo 



porteri) 



Albemarle Island tortoise (Testudo vt- 



cina) 



South American tortoise (Testudo den- 



tioulata) 



Angulated tortoise (Testudo angulata) - 



Bell's tortoise (Testudo belli) 



Leopard tortoise (Testudo pardalis) 



Agassiz's tortoise (Testudo agassi^ii)- 

 Berlandier's tortoise (Testudo berlan- 



dieri) 



Iberian tortoise (Testudo iberia) 1 



Soft-slielled tortoise (Testudo love- 



ridgei) 8 



Chicken turtle (Deirochelys reticu- 



hiria) 1 



BATRACHIANS 



African smooth-clawed frog (Xenopus 

 mulleri) 



Giant salamander (MegalobatracJius 

 japonicus) 



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Statement of the collection 



SUMMARY 



Animals on hand July 1, 1927 2,366 



Accessions during fhe year . 366 



Total animals handled 2, 732 



Deduct loss (by death, return of animals, and exchange) 459 



2,273 



Status of collection 



VISITORS 



The estimated attendance as recorded in the daily reports of the 

 park was somewhat smaller than last year, when the interest of the 

 public in the Smithsonian-Chrysler expedition brought great crowds 

 of visitors; however, it is higher than any other year in the history 

 of the zoo, and from observation the number of out-of-town visitors 

 was unusually great. One morning there were 1,100 visitors from the 

 State of Pennsylvania and another morning 750 from the ^^ame State. 

 Automobile license tags show that visitors come from eveiy State in 

 the Union. 



