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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  192 
  9 
  

  

  Painted 
  turtle 
  (.Chrysemys 
  picta) 
  

  

  Western 
  painted 
  turtle 
  (Chrysemys 
  belli) 
  

  

  Gopher 
  tortoise 
  (Oopherm 
  polyphemus) 
  

  

  Duncan 
  Island 
  tortoise 
  (Testudo 
  ephippium).. 
  

   Indefatigable 
  Island 
  tortoise 
  (Testudo 
  porten).. 
  

  

  Albermarle 
  Island 
  tortoise 
  (Testudo 
  vicina) 
  

  

  Angulated 
  tortoise 
  (Testudo 
  angulata) 
  

  

  Leopard 
  tortoise 
  (.Testudo 
  pardatis) 
  

  

  Agassiz's 
  tortoise 
  (Testudo 
  agassizii) 
  

  

  Statement 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  

  

  Berlandier's 
  tortoise 
  (Testudo 
  berlandieri) 
  . 
  

   Soft-shelled 
  tortoise 
  (Testudo 
  loveridgei)... 
  

   Chicken 
  turtle 
  (Deirochelys 
  reticularia) 
  

  

  BATRACHIANS 
  

  

  African 
  smooth-clawed 
  frog 
  (Xenopus 
  mulleri). 
  28 
  

  

  Giant 
  salamander 
  (Megalobatrachus 
  japonicus) 
  . 
  2 
  

  

  Horned 
  frog 
  (Ceratophrys 
  cornuta) 
  2 
  

  

  Marbled 
  newt 
  (Triton 
  maT-moTata) 
  2 
  

  

  STJMMAEY 
  

  

  Animals 
  on 
  hand 
  July 
  1, 
  1928. 
  

   Accessions 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

  

  Total 
  animals 
  handled 
  

  

  Deduct 
  loss 
  (by 
  death, 
  return 
  of 
  animals, 
  and 
  exchange). 
  

  

  Status 
  of 
  collection 
  

  

  2,273 
  

  

  479 
  

  

  2,752 
  

   541 
  

  

  2,211 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  planned 
  to 
  erect 
  the 
  reptile 
  house 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  bird 
  

   house, 
  and 
  this 
  necessitates 
  the 
  razing 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  building, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  used 
  up 
  to 
  now 
  as 
  a 
  storage 
  house 
  for 
  animals 
  and 
  birds 
  for 
  

   which 
  there 
  were 
  no 
  other 
  quarters. 
  The 
  destruction 
  of 
  this 
  building 
  

   will 
  reduce 
  the 
  exhibition 
  space 
  so 
  much 
  that 
  no 
  attempt 
  has 
  been 
  

   made 
  to 
  enlarge 
  the 
  collection, 
  but 
  rather 
  to 
  select, 
  as 
  replacements 
  

   for 
  animals 
  and 
  birds 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  lost, 
  only 
  especially 
  desirable 
  

   species. 
  The 
  result 
  has 
  been 
  that 
  the 
  collection 
  is 
  unusually 
  rich 
  in 
  

   rare 
  and 
  interesting 
  forms. 
  Exchanges 
  of 
  numerous 
  common 
  species 
  

   for 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  rarities 
  have 
  been 
  made. 
  These 
  exchanges 
  have 
  been 
  

   advantageous 
  in 
  reducing 
  congestion 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  improving 
  the 
  quality 
  

   of 
  the 
  collection. 
  

  

  