PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 337 



Swimming species. 



Con Ha pi/gaa. 

 (Farnncia abacura). 

 Liodytes allenii. 

 Nairir compressicauda. 



Swimming species — Continued. 



Natrtx fasciata. 

 Natrix cyclopion. 

 Natrix Uixispilota. 

 Aglcxsirodon piscivorns. 

 Total, 7 (+1) species. 



It will be seen tliat tlieie are as many burrowing- species as there are 

 water snakes, the light soil of Florida being very well adapted for sub- 

 terranean life. Between the different categories there are, of course, no 

 shaip limits. 



The following species of snakes seem to be peculiar to Florida: 



Contic pygaa, Cope. Natrix compressicauda (Kennicott). 



Slilosoma extemtaium, Hrown. | Thamnophi-s sackenii (Kennicott). 



Cullopeltis j-o.s«ceH.s (Cope). j Liodytes fillenii (Garman). 

 Xatrix usta, Cope. 



Of the genera of snakes, only IStihsoma and Liodytes appear to be 

 peculiar. 



BATRACHIA. 



CAUDATA. 



MANCULrS QIJADKIDI(4ITATIIS ( H <> 1 b ro ok). 



I have found this animal under old logs at the border of a small lake 

 at Clarcona and at Lake John, and caught it in my dipnet in Fern 

 Creek, near Orlando, Orange County. On land it is rather swift- 

 running, and lives in localities similar to those which are frequented 

 by Leiolopisma laterale. These two animals are also similar in color. 

 Several of my specimens had well-develoj)ed cirri. One s])ecimen in 

 the U. S. National Museum (Xo. 21328). 



DESMOGNATHUS AURIC IILATA ( H o 1 h r oo k). 



I have only found one specimen of this si>ecies under a log in a wet 

 hammock near Lake Jessup, Orange County. It is found in Oeorgia, 

 but 1 do not know that it has been reported from Florida before. 



DIEMYCTYLUS VIKIDESCENS, Kafinesque. 



In a small but deep pond, with clear water and steeji slopes all 

 around, I caught a number of larvae which, according to Dr. Stejneger's 

 opinion, belong to this species. I have not seen it at any other place 

 in Florida except in this pond, situated between Oakland and Lake 

 John, in Orange County, but here many specimens were seen. 



AMPHIUMA MEANS, Garden. 



It is known under the name of "mud eel" or " nmd pupi)y," and is 

 not rare in Orange County, where I have caught specimens at Oviedo, 

 Proc. N. M. 94 22 



