BULLETIN 



OF THE 



USTSTITTJTE. 



VOL. 24. SALEM: APRIL, MAY, JUNE, 1892. Nos. 4, 5, 6. 

 THE REPTILES OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. 



From the Collections of Dr. Qeo. Baur. 



BY S. GARMAN. 



CHELONIA, Sauria and Ophidia have been discovered on 

 the Galapagos. Excluding the marine forms that may 

 fronrtime to time be found on the shores, only four fami- 

 lies are represented : the Testudinidse of the tortoises, the 

 Iguanidee and the Geckonidae of the lizards, and the Colu- 

 bridse of the snakes. Neither is peculiar to the locality. 

 The sea tortoises of the Chelonidse are known to visit the 

 beaches, and stragglers of the Sphargidse may also be 

 expected to wander there. Certain of the sea snakes, 

 Pelamis, of the Hydrophidse, frequent the waters nearer 

 the continent and may at times be captured among these 

 islands. 



Two genera of the lizards, Conolophus and Amblyrhyn- 

 chus, are found only on the Galapagos ; their closest allies, 

 however, are inhabitants of the western coasts of South 



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