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The Floridan district contains either peculiar species of animals, or 

 those of West Indian or South American character. The characteristic 

 birds are chiefly of the latter character, hut among reptiles the follow- 

 ing are cpnfined to it : 



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



^ UrodeJa. 



■ Manculus remifer. 



Anura. 

 Hyla gratiosa. 



Lithodytes ricordii (Cuba ; Bahamas). 

 Eana areolata capito. 



Ophidia. 



Elaps distans (Sonoran also). 

 Contia pygaea. 

 Eutaenia sackenii. 

 Tropidonotus compsolaemus. 

 Tropidonotus compressicaudus. 

 Tropidonotus ustus. 

 Tropidonotus cyclopium. 

 Helicops allenii. 



Lacertilia. 



Khineura floridana. 

 Eumeces egregius. 

 Eumeces onocrepis. 

 Sceloporus floridanus. 

 Sphaerodactylus notatus (Cuba). 



Crocodilia. 



Crocodilus americanus (Cuba). 



Of the above, the species of Crocodilus^ Sphaerodactylus, and Litlio 

 dytes only, have been found in the Antilles. The genera of the above 

 list which are peculiar to the Floridan district of the Nearctic fauna 

 are — 



Lithodytes. 



Helicops. 



Ehineilra, 



Sphaerodactylus. 



