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6. Raiia pif'iciis Shreber. The leopard frog is common 

 throughout the region. It is clossly confined to the semi- 

 aquatic habitats, seldom wandering to the sand plains. 



7. Raiia paliistris Le Conte. While not occurrirg abund- 

 antly in the region about East Lake the species was found 

 about cold springs and streams in the vicinity of Onekama. 

 It was also found in considerable numbers on the banks of 

 the ]Manistee River in the eastern part of the county. 



8. Rana clamitans Latreille. The green frog is common 

 in all favorable habitats. It occurs in numbers about the small 

 lakes and along the rivers, bayous, and drainage ditches. 



9. Rana canfabrigcnsis Baird. The wood frog is appar- 

 ently not common. A single specimen Avas taken in a cold 

 stream at Onekama and a few were observed along the ]Manis- 

 tee River in the eastern part of the county. 



10. Rana catesbcana Shaw. The bull frog is apparently 

 not rare in ^Manistee County. Xo specimens were taken, but 

 they were frequently heard at night and two caught along the 

 river by fishermen were examined. 



ir. Bunieces quinqnilineatus (Linnaeus). The known 

 range of the blue-tailed skink in Michigan is considerably 

 extended by the taking of a single specimen in Manistee 

 County. Hitherto it has been known only from the southern 

 half of the southern peninsula.^ It has been reported from 

 counties in the southwestern part of the state, but no speci- 

 mens have been available for examination except from Huron, 

 Gratiot, St. Clair. Oakland, Lenawee, and Monroe Counties. 

 The specimen taken in ^Manistee County is a nearly adult 

 individual and was found in a pile of old timbers at the edge 



1 Ruthven, A. G. The Reptiles of Michigan. Mich. Geol. and Biol. Surv., 

 Pub. TO, Biol. Ser. 3, pp. 79-81. 



