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ADDITIONS TO THE REPTILIAN AXD BA.TRACHIAN 

 FAUNA OF TRINIDAD. 



rPHE following notes are based on a small collection of Reptiles 

 J and Batrachians sent by Mr. R. R. Mole and Mr. F. W. 

 Urich, to Prof. Dr. O. Boettger, for examination. 



X£E PT IL I ^V. 



Order: CHELONIA. 

 Family . Testudinid.e. 

 Nicoria punctularia, (Daud). typ. 

 Boulenger, Cat. Chelon., 1889, page 123. 



A. full grown specimen from Caparo, Trinidad. Altogether 

 characteristic in form and colour. 



Family : ClNOSTERNIDJE. 



Cino8temum scorpioides (L.) 



Boulenger, Cat. Chelon., 1889, page 41. 



Greatest length of carapace 13 cm., Caparo, Trinidad. 



New to the Island. Up to now only known from Guiana 

 (especially Cayenne) and North Brazil. 



Order: OPHIDIA. 



Phrynona vfa tcialus (Pts.) 



Boulenger, Cat. Snakes. Brit. Mus., vol. ii., page 21. 



New to the Island. 



Carenage, Trinidad. — One specimen (young). Internasals 

 shorter thin prefrontals j prseoculars in contact with the 

 frontals. 8 supralabials, of which 4, .land 6 reach to the eye ; 

 7 infralabials in contact with the anterior sub-mentals; 

 porals 2 + 2. The five middle rows of scales slightly keeled ; 

 the ventrals angulated on the sides. In the young specimen a 

 dark spot under the eye on the Hghl coloured upper lip is 

 specially conspicuous, under which a similar spot is to he found 

 on the lower lip. Up to now this species was only known from 

 Guiana and from the Amazons. The specimens at the British 

 Museum are from British Guiana, .Surinam, and the upper 

 Amazon in tropical Peru. 



