A PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF ALABAMA AM- 

 PHIBIANS AND REPTILES 



By H. p. Loding 



INTRODUCTION. 



TN SUBMITTING for publication the following report 

 1 on Amphibians and Reptiles found within the limits 

 of the State, a few words of acknowledgement and ex- 

 planation are necessary. 



At the suggestion of Dr. Eugene A. Smith, State Ge- 

 ologist, it was originally agreed, that Mr. Julius Hurter, 

 of St. Louis, Missouri, in conjunction with the writer, 

 were to furnish material for a descriptive catalogue of 

 Alabama amphibians and reptiles to be published by the 

 Geological Survey of Alabama. 



The death of Mr. Hurter in December, 1916, and the 

 incomplete exploration of the State as a whole, have pre- 

 vented the realization of this plan, at least for some time 

 to come, and, in the meantime, it was deemed advisable 

 to publish the data and records at hand, so as to stimu- 

 late and facilitate further studies and collections in the 

 State, also in the hope, that the present list, however in- 

 complete, may be of some use in throwing additional 

 light upon the distribution of the species within the 

 United States. 



The list as here published is based upon collections 

 made for a number of years in Mobile and Baldwin 

 counties and on a short trip to northeast Alabama in 

 June, 1911. by Mr. T. S. van Aller and the writer; upon 

 specimens represented in the Alabama Museum of Nat- 

 ural History at the University of Alabama, the majority 

 of which were collected by Mr. Herbert H. Smith and 

 identified by Mr. Hurter during a visit to Alabama in 

 the summer of 1915, or by Dr. Frank N. Blanchard and 

 Mr. E. R. Dunn ; and upon specimens in the Museum of 

 Archives and History in Montgomery, Alabama, which 

 were submitted for study through the courtesy of Dr. 

 Thomas M. Owen, Director. 



In the compilation of this list, the author is greatly in- 

 debted to the following for help and favors freely given : 



