Number i8. Decembkr 15, 1915. 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, Miciiigan. Published by the University. 



THE REPTILES AND AAIPHIBL\XS OF MANISTEE 

 COUNTY, ^IICHIGAN. 



By Crystal Thompson. 



The following report is based upon data secured by the 

 writer while engaged in a study of the reptile-amphibian 

 fauna of ^Manistee County for the 3>lichigan Geological and 

 Biological Survey. Headquarters were established at the town 

 of East Lake, and an intensive study made of the surround- 

 mg region. The work about East Lake was supplemented by 

 a trip to Onekama, twelve miles north, and two trips along the 

 jManistee River in the eastern part of the county. 



The country worked is the typical sand region bordering 

 Lake Michigan. The town of East Lake is located on the 

 east shore of Lake Manistee, an inland lake about four miles 

 long and one mile wide, wdiich lies approximately parallel to 



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