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Crocodiliafis. — An Indian gavial, a Nile crocodile, a Congo 

 crocodile, a broad-nosed crocodile, three South American croco- 

 diles, and one nine-foot American alligator. 



Chelonians. — Ten snake-necked turtles, five Central Ameri- 

 can turtles, eight giant musk turtles from Yucatan, two leopard 

 tortoises, six radiated tortoises, and two star tortoises. 



Lizards. — A series of the representative lizards of the 

 Agamine group from India, a series of lizards collected by Dr. 

 Charles H. Townsend, in Lower California; two stump-tailed 

 lizards (Australia), six Cunningham skinks, one exanthematic 

 monitor, tv/o Egyptian monitors, one Gould's monitor and twelve 

 large South American iguanas. 



Serpents. — Four boa constrictors, three anacondas, two 

 Madagascar tree boas, one bushmaster, one fer-de-lance, two 

 jararacas, gift of New York Tanning Extract Company; one 

 green rattlesnake (C. lepidus) , and a series of rattlesnakes col- 

 lected in southern California by Dr. C. H. Townsend, among 

 these being C. mitchelU. 



Amphibians. — Two Indian bull-frogs, two white axolotls and 

 a series of newts, toads and frogs from continental Europe. 



The most important arrivals at the Reptile House, during 

 the past year were two anacondas, collected by Mr. R. R. Mole, 

 of Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. One of these was the heaviest snake 

 ever received in the Park, although she was several feet shorter 

 than our record Malayan python. This anaconda arrived on the 

 20th of May. She was then nineteen feet long, thirty-six inches 

 in circumference at the thickest part of the body, and weighed 

 232 pounds. The male specimen was about seventeen and one- 

 half feet long. 



The collection of local reptiles was greatly strengthened by 

 the annual collecting trip made by the Curator during the past 

 summer. Over 200 specimens were captured, representing four- 

 teen species. By this expedition the rattlesnake series was 

 increased by the addition of seven adult examples and over 

 forty young. 



Births. — The large female anaconda that arrived from 

 Trinidad, gave birth on the 20th of July to forty-eight young. 

 These young snakes measured thirty-eight inches long, and soon 

 commenced feeding. We are successfully rearing the entire 

 litter. A considerable number of these snakes will be offered 

 in exchange for other reptiles during the spring of 1912. Another 



