11 

 bub tound it rather more common in uorthwestern Louisiana. 



Family DESMOGNATHIDyE. 

 14. Desmognathus fusca Raf. Brown Triton. 



Exceedingly common in almost every section of the state. 



Family PLEURODELID.E. 



1.1. Diemyctylus viridescens Raf. Green Irifon. 



This pretty Triton is very common in the clear water- 

 courses of northwest Louisiana. Unlike other Tritons, it is 

 never found on land hidden under stones or logs. Mr. Kohn 

 reports it trou» Mandeville as common. 



Family^AMPHIUMID^. 



IC. Amphiuma means Gard. Aniph'mma, Congo Eel. 



This large and unprepossessing species is abundantly 

 distributed over the state; known and unjustly dreaded by 

 everyone, as its large and popular nomenclature testifies. In 

 tiie southern sections of the state it is particularly abundant, 

 and known as "Congo Eel," "Blind Eel" or "Congo Snake." 



SALIENTIA. 



Order BtTFONIFOKMIA. 

 Family BUFONID^E. 



17. Bufo lentiginosus americanus Lee. Common Toad. 



This species of toad is abundantly distributed over the 

 state; the most arid i)ine-flats, as well as the high lands 

 attording it congenial habitat. 



18. Bufo lentiginosus lentiginosus Shaw. Lafreille's Tood. 

 Like the preceding, abundant everywhere. 



19. Bufo valliceps Wiegiii. Xebidous Toad. 



Keported as common from ISTew Orleans by Dr. II. W. 

 Shufeldt; from Baton Rouge by Prof. King, and by G. Wur- 

 demanu from Calcasieu Pass. jSTotwithstamling, neither INfr. 

 Kohn nor myself have, so far, taken it in Louisiana.* 



*Two specimens have since (July, 1899) been taken by me atComo, La.—O. E. B. 



