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Crocodilians.—An Indian gavial, a Nile crocodile, a Congo 
crocodile, a broad-nosed crocodile, three South American croco- 
diles, and one nine-foot American alligator. 
Chelonians.—Ten snake-necked turtles, five Central Ameri- 
can turtles, eight giant musk turtles from Yucatan, two leopard 
tortoises, six radiated tortoises, and two star tortoises. 
Lizards.—A series of the representative lizards of the 
Agamine group from India, a series of lizards collected by Dr. 
Charles H. Townsend, in Lower California; two stump-tailed 
lizards (Australia), six Cunningham skinks, one exanthematic 
monitor, two Egyptian monitors, one Gould’s monitor and twelve 
large South American iguanas. 
Serpents.—Four boa constrictors, three anacondas, two 
Madagascar tree boas, one bushmaster, one fer-de-lance, two 
jararacas, gift of New York Tanning Extract Company; one 
green rattlesnake (C. lepidus), and a series of rattlesnakes col- 
lected in southern California by Dr. C. H. Townsend, among 
these being C. mitchelli. 
Amphibians.—Two Indian bull-frogs, two white axolotls and 
a series of newts, toads and frogs from continental Europe. 
The most important arrivals at the Reptile House, during 
the past year were two anacondas, collected by Mr. R. R. Mole, 
of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. One of these was the heaviest snake 
ever received in the Park, although she was several feet shorter 
than our record Malayan python. This anaconda arrived on the 
20th of May. She was then nineteen feet long, thirty-six inches 
in circumference at the thickest part of the body, and weighed 
232 pounds. The male specimen was about seventeen and one- 
half feet long. 
The collection of local reptiles was greatly strengthened by 
the annual collecting trip made by the Curator during the past 
summer. Over 200 specimens were captured, representing four- 
teen species. By this expedition the rattlesnake series was 
increased by the addition of seven adult examples and over 
forty young. 
Births.—The large female anaconda that arrived from 
Trinidad, gave birth on the 20th of July to forty-eight young. 
These young snakes measured thirty-eight inches long, and soon 
commenced feeding. We are successfully rearing the entire 
litter. A considerable number of these snakes will be offered 
in exchange for other reptiles during the spring of 1912. Another 
