Vol. VII] EVERM ANN— DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR 1917 351 



Department of Herpetology 

 By John Van Denburgh, Curafor 



At the beginning of the year 1917 the Academy's collection of reptiles 

 and amphibians numbered 33,816. There have been added during the year 

 1635 specimens, so that we now have 35,451 specimens. 



A few specimens have been received as gifts, a few more in exchange, 

 but by far the larger number have resulted from field work carried on by 

 the members of the Department in various parts of California. Thus, 1519 

 specimens have been collected in this state, while only 116 have originated 

 elsewhere. 



The California specimens have been secured in 18 counties as follows : 



Contra Costa 66 specimens 



Kern 26 " 



Los Angeles 1 " 



Marin 2 " 



Mendocino 29 " 



Monterey 43 " 



Riverside 387 " 



San Benito 2 " 



San Bernardino 814 " 



San Francisco 2 " 



San Joaquin 4 " 



San Luis Obispo 122 " 



San Mateo 2 " 



Santa Clara 6 " 



Siskiyou 7 " 



Solano 1 " 



Sonoma 4 " 



Ventura 1 " 



Total California specimens 1519 



Specimens from other localities are : 



Arizona 9 



Idaho 28 



Florida 4 



Massachusetts 2 



Mississippi 1 



Michigan 4 



Nevada 1 



New Jersey 1 



New York 1 



North Carolina 59 



South Carolina 2 



Texas 2 



Mexico 2 



116 116 



1635 



