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a Preliminary List. We intend, however, on some future occa- 

 sion to publish some notes on the life history of the reptiles and 

 batrachians mentioned herein We have already embodied 

 in a paper, which was read before the Zoological Society of 

 London in June, Notes on some 22 species of Snakes. This paper 

 will be published by the Society at an early date. 



The present list shows a total of 76 species : — 



Tortoises ... ... ... ... 6 



Lizards ... ... ... ... 25 



Snakes ... ... ... ... 33 



Batrachians ... ... ... 12 



76 



Of these species 21 are recorded for the first time from the 

 Island and two species are new to science. The specimens thus 

 recorded for the first time by us are marked with an asterisk 

 before the number. 



REPTILIA. 



Order: CHELONIA. 

 Family : Testudinid^e. 



1. Nicoria pnnctularia, Daud. 



Boulenger, Cat. Chelon., Rynch. and Crocod., Brit. Mus., 1889 

 page 124. 



Emys sp. of de Verteuil's List. 



Recorded in Trinidad by Boulenger " Female and young from 

 Trinidad living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, now in the 

 British Museum." 



2. Testudo tabulata, Walb. 

 Boulenger, Cat. page 157. 



Testudo carbonaria, Spix. 

 First recorded in Trinidad by de Verteuil. 



Family : CheloniDjE. 



3. Chelone my das, Linn. (Green turtle.) 

 Boulenger, Cat. page 180. 



4. Chelone imbricata, Linn. (Hawksbill turtle.) 

 Boulenger, Cat., page 183. 



5. Thalassochelys caretta, Linn. (Loggerhead turtle.) 

 Boulenger, Cat., page 184. 



