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The Florldan district contains either peculiar species of animals, or 

 those of West Indian or South American character. The characteristic 

 birds are chiefly of the latter character, but among reptiles the follow- 

 ing are confined to it: 



V^. Species confined to the Floridan district of the above— 18 : 



Urodehi. 

 Manculus remifer. 



Anura. 



Hyla gratiosa. 



Lithodytes ricordii (Cuba ; Bahamas). 



Kana areolata capito. 



OpMdia. 



Elaps distans (Sonoran also). 

 Contia pygaea. 

 Eutaenia sackenii. 

 Tropidonotus compsolaemus. 

 Tropidonotus compressicaudus. 

 Tropidonotus ustus. 

 Tropidonotus cyclopium. 

 Helico{)s allenii. 



Lacertilia. 



Rhineura floridana. 

 Eumeces egregius. 

 Eumeces onocrepis. 

 Sceloporus floridanus. 

 Sphaerodactylus notatus (Cuba). 



Crocodilia. 

 Crocodilus americanus (Cuba). 

 Of the above, the species of Crocodilus, Sphaerodactylus, and Litho 

 dytes only, have been found in the Antilles. The genera of the above 

 list ^hich are peculiar to the Floridan district of the Nearctic fauna 



are — 



Lithodytes. 



Melicops. 



Rhineilra. 



Sphaerodaciylus. 



