Catalogue of tJie Amphibia and Reptilia of Indiana. 59 



A PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF THE AMPHIBL\ AND 

 REPTILIA OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. 



Bv O. P. Hay, Ph. D., Corresponding Member Cinein)uiti Society of 

 Natural History. 



(Read by title May 3rd, 1887.) 



PREFACE. 



The following Catalogue is designed to include all the species 

 and varieties of Amphibians and Reptiles that are at present known 

 to occur within the limits of the State of Indiana, and to give the 

 ascertained geographical range of each form. Altogether seventy- 

 seven species are enumerated. It is quite certain, however, that 

 many additional species belong to our State. Se^'eral species for 

 instance, have been taken at Mt. Carmel, Illinois, on the Wabash 

 River, that have not yet been reported from Indiana. While 

 probably the greater number, if not all, of such species also occur 

 on the Indiana side of the river, we can not be sure of it until some 

 one has seen them. It is greatly to be desired that persons for- 

 tunate enough to secure such species will report them and the place 

 where they were captured. Correspondence and more especially 

 specimens are solicited. 



The principal sources of information in preparing this list are 

 as follows : My own collection and that of Butler University ; that 

 in the State Geologist's office ; a collection made during a period 

 of several years at New Harmony, Ind., by the late James Samp- 

 son ; the check lists of Prof. Cope and Dr. Yarrow ; the writings of 

 Agassiz. Cope and others; and a catalogue of the Reptiles and 

 Amphibians of Franklin county by Mr. Edward Hughes. The op- 

 portunity to examine the State collection and the collection at 

 New Harmony I owe to Prof. John Collett, at that time State Ge- 

 ologist. I am also indebted to Mr. C. H. Bollman, of the State 

 University, for a list of species taken in Monroe county. 



Butler University, Irvington, Ind., May 30th, 1887. 



