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Tho Floridan district contains either i)eeuliiir species of animals, or 

 those of West Indian or South American character. The characteristic 

 birds arc chiefly of the latter 'Jiaractcr, but amouij reptiles the follow- 

 iug are confined to it : 



V^ Species confined to the Floridan district of tho above — 18 : 



Uroilela, 



Manculus remifer. 



Anura. 

 Hyla gratiosa. 



Lithodytes ricordii (Cuba ; Bahamas). 

 Eaua areolata capito. 



Ophidia. 



Elaps distans (Sonoran also). 

 Coutia pygaea. 

 Eutaeuia sackenii. 

 Tropidonotus compsolaemus. 

 Tropidonotus compressicaudus. 

 Tropidonotus ustus. 

 Tropidonotus cyclopium. 

 Helicops allenii. 



LacertlUa. 



Khiueura floridana. 

 Eumeces egregius. 

 Eumeces ouocrepis. 

 Sceloporus floridauus. 

 Spbaerodactylus uotatus (Cuba). 



CrocodlUa. 



Crocodilus americanus (Cuba). 



Of the above, the species of Crocodilus, ^pliacrodactylus^ and Lltho 

 ihjtes only, have been found in the Antilles. The genera of the abovo 

 list which are peculiar to tho Floridan district of the Xearctic fauna 

 are — 



Lithodytes. 



Helicops. 



Ehlneiim. 



Spliacrodaciylm. 



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