176 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
Family and common name Scientific name Number 
Testudinidae—Continued 
South American turtle___._------- Testudovtaoulaiaee seen ee eee if 
Galapagos turtle... =o. se Destudo vicina. oo eee ee 1 
African soft-shelled tortoise __------ Malacochersus tornieri__.-------- 2 
Hinged-backed turtle_____...-__-- TQNALYS CrOSh= = = a= ee 1 
Trionychidae: 
Florida soft-shelled turtle____------ Preonys ferou= == s==-4 = ee 6 
African soft-shelled turtle________-_- Trionys iriunguiss == oe 2 
Pelomedusidae: 
Africanawater turilebs=--- eee. Pelomedusa subriuja- 2) += soa 2 
African black mud turtle__.____.-- Pelustosisuonigei == ee 1 
Amazon spotted turtle. _ 222 222-22 — Podocnemisuncfilis. ae ee i 
Chelidae: 
South American side-necked turtle.. Batrachemys nasuta__----------- 2 
Australian side-necked turtle___-_--- Chelodina longicollis___..-.------ 3 
Kreiit/siburtles == 2. sees sn Bimydura kreqites- 22-222 =a 3 
Miurraye witless =-- 22-2 ---s— Hmydura macquarru_ ..--------—= 6 
Small side-necked turtle___-_------ Hydromedusa tectifera_._--------- 2 
South American gibba turtle_-_--__- Mesoclemmys gibba- 22-2 '2_ 2E2aaest 2 
Large side-necked turtle________-_-- Phrynops hilartit aes See 12 
Flat-headed turtle. _--__-----_-__- Platemys platycephala_----------- 9 
AMPHIBIANS 
CAUDATA 
Amphiumidae: 
Congoreelec sss. see nse eee eee Amphiume means. ==> 22 Bee 4 
Ambystomidae: 
Wiger'salamander™ 2 - "= ese ee Ambystoma tigrinum_______-_--- 2 
Small-mouthed salamander_____-_-- Ambystoma texanum____.______-- if 
Salamandridae: 
Redebellied newtse- sesso e oe) =e Cynops pyrrhogaster__.___-_-_-_- 12 
Red-spotted newt___.------------- Diemictylus viridescens_______-__- 15 
SALIENTIA 
Bufonidae: 
AMMETICAT COAG tee heen ae ee oe Duforamericanuss=—= a7 & ae 6 
BOres¢ toaGs 2 ee ek oe Bufo blombergit==== 4) Cea eee 1 
Giant toad sess eee ee eee ene SU ONNLOTUTUUS a= a te ae 5 
Cubantwioadece samc se se era ae Bufo peltocephatus2 - Uo. ere rss 6 
Pelobatidae: 
SpAderuoe LOAd lo = Nee ee ae eS Scaphiopus holbrooki_____-_----- a 
Pipidae: 
Surinam tox 722 eee ee eee eS Pipa pipes SOs Ta et 20 
Leptodactylidae: 
Colombian horned frog____--__---- Ceratophrys calcarata_____------- 2 
Argentine horned frog____--------- Ceratophrys ornata_______-__---_- 1 
Hylidae: 
Suuirrel wreetrog sess ses eee Eyjla-squirella ls: Dear ieont Bah 6 
Green treeurogs 22s eee ee Hyla-cinereas2 = 22 22 26h Beare 1 
Gray trecntOe ae ee eee eee ee Hyla versicolor. ——— =... 222 ae 13 
Microhylidae: 
Narrow-mouthed toad_......------ Microhyla olivacea___-.--------- 2 
