Number 129 January 25, 1923 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann Arbor, Michigan Pubushed by the University 



NOTES ON REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS FROM 

 PANAMA 



By Thomas Barbour 



This spring Mr, W. S. Brooks and I decided to make a 

 collection of vertebrates in the hitherto unvisited Eastern Sapo 

 highlands. From this serrania flow many of the tributary 

 streams of the Sambu River in eastern Panama. Unusually 

 early and heavy rains made this a task of more than ordinary 

 difficulty. Our Chocoano Indian companions were anxious 

 to plant their depleted gardens, rather than to toil as carriers 

 in the stifling forest, and it was with considerable difficulty 

 that they were persuaded to help us. Their consent to our 

 plans once obtained, they proved loyal and useful allies, and 

 our fruitful journey is the direct result of their aid. Late 

 one afternoon in early March we were dropped off at the 

 head of navigation on the Sambu River, just where the Sabalo 

 enters this stream froi the south. We had left Panama City 

 on board the Panamanian schooner "Chiriqui," then under 



