Number 143 July 9, 1923. 



OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE MUSEUM OF 

 ZOOLOGY 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 



Ann /-rbor, Michigan Published by the University 



THE RKPTILES OF THE DUTCH LEEWARD 

 LSLANDS 



By Alexander G. Ruthven 



The Museum of Zoology has recently received three collec- 

 tions of reptiles from the Dutch Leeward Islands. In 1920,. 

 the University of Michigan- Williamson Expedition to Vene- 

 zuela touched at Curagao and collected for a short time on 

 that island. In 1922, Mr. M. A. Carriker, Jr., collected on 

 Curasao for a few days and sent the reptiles to this Museum. 

 The largest collection was made by Dr. H. Burrington Baker,, 

 who was sent to Curagao. Klein-Cura<;ao, Aruba. Bonaire, and 

 Klein-Bonaire in the summer of 1922 to collect mollusks, rep- 

 tiles and amjihibians. 



These collections do not represent the entire fauna of the 

 five islands, but they contain apparently new records, and 

 several of the species are represented by large series which 

 permit a more accurate description of the forms than 

 has hdtherto been possible. As the published lists (see' 

 bibliogr::phy) are evidently incomplete, and inaccurate owing; 



