REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF TEXAS 



By JOHN K. STRECKER, 

 Curator of Baylor University Museum 



The present catalogue of Texas reptiles and amphibians 

 is compiled as the result of more than twenty years' study 

 in the great field of Herpetology in this State. While I 

 claim that it includes the majority of these animals that in- 

 habit this vast territory, I am willing to confess that in 

 many cases I have not a single record from many large 

 counties, nay, almost entire sections, and that future work 

 will probably result in many additions to the list, not only 

 of known species, but of several new to Science. 



I have either personally collected, or handled in the course 

 of my museum work, 141 of the animals here enumerated. 

 By this I mean Texas collected specimens. Of this number, 

 120 species have been captured in their haunts. I have col- 

 lected in many different localities in almost every section of 

 the State, including the following counties, arranged by 

 district : Henderson, Cherokee, Smith, Nacogdoches, Ange- 

 lina, San Jacinto, Liberty, Harris, Bexar, Bandera, Medina, 

 Refugio, Bee, Matagorda, McLennan, Falls, Robertson, 

 Limestone, Bosque, Bell, Coryell, Travis, Burnet, Llano, 

 Hays, Comal, Armstrong, Tarrant, Somervell, Palo Pinto, 

 Midland, El Paso, Presidio, Brewster and Jeff Davis. The 

 number of different species and subspecies collected in Mc- 

 Lennan County up to the present time is 81. On two trips 

 to Burnet County, in the years 1902 and 1906, 57 species 

 were collected. My trip to Liberty County in 1912 resulted 

 in the compiling of a list of 40. In some localities only a few 

 species were obtained on account of the limited time at my 

 disposal, but more than 30 species were collected in each of 

 12 counties in the above list, and more than 10 species in 

 each of 20 of them. 



In addition to the above, herpetological material has been 

 received at the Baylor Museum from Cameron, Willacy, Live 

 Oak, Neuces, Victoria, Calhoun, Jefferson, Pecos, Garza, 



