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6. Anolis cristatellus. 



7. Anolis jndcJtdl us. 



8. Anolis stratuhis. 



9. Anolis velifer (Vieques). 



10. Sphceriodactylvs macrolepis (Vieques). 



11. Emys conoinna. 



As the record of the North American Emys concinna a is based upon 

 two young specimens received from Mr. Riise, who had only a "well- 

 founded idea" that the} 7 came from Porto Rico, it may be excluded 

 from the list which thus contains only ten species. 



Not long after the publication of Reinhardt and Luetken's list, speci- 

 mens collected by Mr. George Latimer in Porto Rico were received 

 by the Smithsonian Institution, and reported on by Professor Cope in 

 his Sixth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America.* The 

 number of species sent by Mr. Latimer was nine, as follows: 



1. Peltaphryne l&m/w. 



2. Oystignathus albilahris var. 



3. Hemidactylus mahuia. 

 1. Mdbuya Jhdg id i . 



5. Diploglossus degener. 



6. Anolis velifer. 



7. Typhlops sp. 



8. Chilahothrus inornate*. 



9. AlsopTiis sancticruci*. 



At least five of these species are additional to Reinhardt and Luet- 

 ken's list — namely, the first five — thus bringing the total number of 

 species definitely known from Porto Rico and Vieques in 1868 up to 

 fifteen. 



The next addition is in 1871, when Sphargis coriaoea was added by 

 Dr. Bello y Espinosa/ He also mentioned the occurrence of the 

 Hylodes, though without identifying it. With this addition the num- 

 ber of species became sixteen. 



A decided step forward in our knowledge of the herpetology of 

 Porto Rico was taken when Prof. W. Peters, in 1876, d published his 

 paper upon the collections made by the German vice-consul in Maya- 

 guez, Mr. L. Krug, and the well-known zoologist of Habana, Dr. J. 

 Gundlach, who visited the island in 1873 and again in 1875-76/ The 

 collections, which are deposited in the Berlin Museum, embraced nine- 

 teen species of reptiles and batrachians, of which six were additions 



« One of the specimens in question seems to be now in the Hofmuseum at Vienna, 

 and is there determined as the Mexican Pseudemys omata cataspila. 

 &Proc. Phila. Acad., 1868, pp. 311-312. 

 cZool. Garten, 1871. 

 d Monats Bericht Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 

 e Evermann, Invest. Fish. Porto Rico, p. 3. 



