146 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1957 



AMPHIBIANS 



CAUDATA 



Num- 



Scientific name Common name ber 



Ambystomidae: 



Ambystoma opacum Marbled salamander 1 



Salamandridae: 



Diemictylus viridescens Red-spotted newt 28 



Taricha torosa California newt 1 



Triturus pyrrhogaster Red-bellied newt 21 



Amphiumidae: 



Amphiuma means Congo eel 1 



SALIENTIA 



Dendrobatidae: 



Dendrobates sp Green poison-arrow frog 1 



Dendrobates auratus Black poison-arrow frog 1 



Dendrobates typographus Yellow poison-arrow frog 7 



Bufonidae: 



Bufo americanus American toad 4 



Bufo guttatus Forest toad 2 



Bufo marinus Giant toad 7 



Bufo paracnemis Rococo toad 1 



Bufo peltocephalus Cuban toad 6 



Bufo viridis European toad 1 



Leptodactylidae: 



Ceratophrys calcarata Colombian horned frog 2 



Ceratophrys ornata Argentine horned frog 1 



Hylidae: 



Acris gryllus Cricket frog 4 



Hyla cinerea Green tree frog 1 



Hyla versicolor Gray tree frog 4 



Hylambates maculatus African flash tree frog 6 



Megalixalus fornasinii African green frog 1 



Microhylidae: 



Microhyla carolinensis Narrow-mouthed toad 2 



Pipidae: 



Pipa pipa Surinam toad 5 



Ranidae: 



Rana adspersa African bull frog 12 



Rana catesbeiana American bull frog 2 



Rana clamitans Green frog 10 



Rana pipiens _. Leopard frog— 25 



FISHES 



Acanthodoras spinosissimus Talking catfish 1 



Acanthophthalmus semicinctus Large k uhlii 1 



Anabas testudineus Climbing perch 4 



Astronotus ocellatus Peacock cichlid 4 



Barbus everetti Clown barb 2 



Beiia sp... Fightingfish 1 



Brachygobius xanthozonus Bumblebee-fish 1 



Corydoras hastatus Corydoras 6 



Distichodus sexfasciatus 1 



Eledrophorus electricus Electric eel 1 



Gambusia punctatus Blue gambusia 15 



Labeo chrysophekadion. Black sharkfish 2 



Lebisles recliculatus I ™ Upp /v ~S in 



\ Flag-tailed guppy 10 



Lepidosiren paradoxa South American lungfish 1 



Metynnis sp.. Metynnis 2 



Plecostomus plecostomus Armored catfish 4 



Protopterus annectens African lungfish 1 



Plerophyllum eimekii Black angelfish 2 



Serrasalmus niger Piranha 1 



