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Order RANIFORMIA 



Family KANID/E. 



:U. Rana pipiens (liiH'liu. Common Water Fror/. 



Abundnnt in all parts of the state in siiital)le localities. 

 32. Rana palustris Le Coiite. Sinimj} Fro;j. 



Not quite as coinnion as the preceding, occurring-, how- 

 ever, Dearly all over the state. 

 (33. Rana areolata areolata B(l & Gir. leras Fro;/. 



This species was discovered in July, 1S91), at Couio, 

 Franklin parish, under a plank in a yar*!. A second and 

 third specimen were taken a few weeks later in the same yard 

 in an old well. These are, so far, tiie only records for this 

 species for Louisiana). 



34. Rana clamata Daudiu. SpriiKj Fvoii. 



Very common in all sections- not collecting in numbers 

 like. R. :pipiens, it never appears as abundant as the latter. 



35. Rana catesbiana Sliaw. liiill Frog. 



This, the best known and largest of all oui' frogs, is fonnd 

 in nearly every section of the state, most abundantly, how- 

 ever in the southern. 



R ERTILIA. 



Order OPHIDIA. 



vSub-order asinea. 



Family COLUBRII) J-:. 



t. Carphophiops amoenus Sny. ]\'(>rni Siuth'. 



This small snake is not rare in some parts of the state. 

 It escapes notice, however, through its retired life under de- 

 caying logs. 1 have found it near Madisonville, St. Tam- 

 manj^ parish. 

 3. Carphophiops vermis Kenuicott. Wcxtcr)! Worm SiioLr. 



In size and appearance similar to the preceding; li\ing 

 in the same locations, but not quite as common. 

 :5. Tantilla coronata Bd. and Gir. Crowned Tanfilhi. 



This small and insignificant looking snake if ])i(»bal)ly 

 the only representative of the Ophistoglyplis in our state. 



