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ley to El Paso, north in the east-central district to 

 Erath and Somervell counties. While this animal is 

 common in the latter district, it evidently does not 

 range east of the valley of the Brazos River. In 

 Southern Texas, it is one of the most abundant of 

 the toad-like amphibians and during the rainy season 

 fairly swarms in the pools and ditches. 



170. SCAPHIOPUS HAMMO^roii Baird. Western Spadefoot. 



Western Texas. I have specimens from El Paso 

 that were collected by Townsend and Barber. Prof. 

 Cope records it from Helotes. 



171. SCAPHIOPUS HAMMONDii BOMBiFRONS CoTpe. Plains 



Spadefoot. 

 Panhandle and southern plains regions, abundant. 

 Cope records it from "Llano Estecado," Clarendon 

 and Tule Canyon. Jly specimens are from various 

 localities in Armstrong County. 



CAUDATA 

 PLEURODELID^ 



172. Ddemyctylus vmroESCENS vikidescbns Rafinesque. 



American Newt. 



Cope records a specimen of the form minkbtvs 

 from the Brazos River, Texas. Mr. J. D. Mitchell 

 includes it in his manuscript list of the reptiles and 

 amphibians of Victoria County. In the introduction 

 to this list it is stated that the naturalists at the Na- 

 tional Museum are responsible for the identifications. 

 This record may be based on the land form of meri 

 dionalis. 



173. DiEMYCTYLUS VIRIDESCENS MERDDIONALIS Cope. Texas 



Newt. 



This subspecies inhabits principally the southern 

 and southeastern sections of the State. North into 

 East Central Texas, it ranges to Falls and McLen- 

 nan Counties. In the lagoons and bayous of the Big 



