NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 85 



and over six hundred miles of road were covered, enabling the 

 collectors to quickly reach and investigate many ledges, swamps 

 and other types of collecting grounds. 



Particularly noteworthy among the exhibits in the Reptile 

 House is the series of amphibians, which has steadily grown 

 in size and importance under the sympathetic care of Keeper 

 Deckert. All of the local amphibians were collected by members 

 of the Reptile House staff, Keepers Deckert and Toomey being 

 particularly diligent and successful. The amphibians now form 

 an. imposing series, and we herewith publish a full list of the 

 collection : 



The following is a list of Amphibians living in the Reptile 

 House, New York Zoological Park, November 1, 1914* : 



Class AMPHIBIA 

 Order URODELA (Salamanders) 



Family (1) Proteidae. 



1. Proteus anguinus, Blind Salamander Caves of Austria 



2. Necturus maculatus, Mudpuppy Eastern U. S. 



Family (2) Amphiumidae. 



3. Amphiuma means, Congo Snake Southern U. S. 



4. Cryptobranchus allegheniensis, Hellbender Central U. S. 



5. Megalobatrachus maximus, Giant Salamander Japan and China 



Family (3) Amblystomidae. 



6. Amblystoma tigrinum, Tiger Salamander (land form). Eastern U. S. 



7. Amblystoma tigrinum, Axolotl (aquatic form) Mexico 



8. Amblystoma punctatum, Spotted Salamander Eastern U. S. 



9. Amblystoma opacum, Marbled Salamander Eastern U. S. 



10. Amblystoma jeffersonianum, Jefferson Salamander Eastern U. S. 



Family (4) Plethodontidae. 



11. Spelerpes ruber, Red Salamander Eastern U. S. 



12. Spelerpes bilineatus, Two-Lined Salamander Eastern U. S. 



13. Plethodon glutinosus, Slimy Salamander Eastern U. S. 



14. Plethodon cinereus, Gray Salamander Eastern U. S. 



15. Plethodon c. erythronotus, Red-Backed Salamander. Eastern U. S. 



16. H emidactylium scutatum, Four-Toed Salamander Eastern U. S. 



Family (5) Desmognathidae. 



17. Desmognathus fusca, Dusky Salamander Europe 



^Prepared by Richard Deckert. 



