48 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 



SUMMARY 



According to our present information the number of 

 species and varieties of amphibians and reptiles known 

 and to be expected in Alabama may be summed up by 

 larger groups as follows : 



Certain Doubtful Total 



Amphibians J bailed Amphibians 21 6 27 



^ I Toads and Frogs 19 3 22 



r Crocodiles and lizards _ 9 1 10 



Reptiles J Snakes 43 4 47 



I Turtles 19 8 27 



Total Ill 22 133 



This is approximately the same number that have 

 been recorded from other eastern states of about the 

 same size, such as Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Mis- 

 souri and Arkansas. Future exploration may be ex- 

 pected to transfer most of the doubtful species to the 

 list of certain ones, and add others whose presence in 

 Alabama is not now suspected, or distinguish forms 

 not now regarded as distinct. As many of the counties 

 in the state, particularly in the eastern half, have not 

 been explored at all herpetologically, there is a great deal 

 of work yet to be done. As an example of what may be 

 done by thorough collecting, we have records of 89 spe- 

 cies and subspecies from Mobile County, and 58 from 

 Tuscaloosa County, and these figures probably do not 

 exhaust the possibilities. Very likely at least half of 

 the species known in the whole state could be found in 

 any county. 



