NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 87 



Famil}^ (6) Cystignathidae. 



25. Limnodynastes dorsalis. Burrowing Frog Australia 



26. Heleiuporus pictiis, Silver Frog Australia 



Family (7) Ranidae. 



27. Dendrohates tinctorius, Harlequin Frog Costa Rica 



28. Rana cateshiana, Bull Frog Eastern U. S. 



29. Rana ciamitans, Pond Frog Eastern U. S. 



30. Rana virescens, Leopard Frog Eastern U. S. 



31. Rana pain stris. Pickerel Frog Eastern U. S. 



32. Rana siflvatica, Wood Frog Eastern U. S. 



33. Rana ridihnnda. Giant F/dible Frog Europe 



34. Rana chrysoprasina, Costa Rican Frog Costa Rica 



35. Rana (jodmani, (Jodman Frog Central America 



Following is a list of the more important purchases during 

 the year: 



Three rough-eyed caimans, 2 Australian monitors, 2 Gila 

 monsters, 1 royal python, 2 spectacled cobras, 1 South American 

 rattlesnake, 2 South American boas, 1 anaconda, 2 West Indian 

 tree boas, 6 long-nosed vipers, 6 African giant toads. 



Among the most important gifts were the following: 



South American gopher tortoise from the Roosevelt Expedi- 

 tion to South America ; 2 Central American boas, 2 ground boas, 

 3 Russian green snakes, 1 South American bush snake, 1 South 

 American giant toad, 1 blind salamander from the Adelsberg 

 Cave of Austria. 



Mr. Lee S. Crandall, Assistant Curator of Birds, returned 

 in August from a collecting trip in Central America. Besides 

 birds and mammals, Mr. Crandall brought with him a very im- 

 portant series of amphibians. Most of the species were new to 

 our collections and in fact had never previously been exhibited 

 alive in this country or Europe. The following is a list of Mr. 

 Crandall's specimens: 



One fer-de-lance, 1 tree snake, 31 marine toads, 8 tadpoles 

 (unidentified — now developing) , 9 red harlequin toads {Dendro- 

 hates), 1 green harlequin toad {Dendrohates) , 4 brown frogs, 

 1 brown tree frog, 3 red millipedes, 1 white millipede, 1 Anolis. 



A census of the collection follows : 



