On a Collection of Batrachia and Reptilia 

 from New Granada. 



By E. D. COPE. 



The collection which furnishes the basis of the investigation 

 presented in the following pages was made in Colombia, near 

 Bogota, fpr the World's Exposition of Chicago, where it was ex- 

 hibited in the department of New Granada. The number of 

 species is fifty-four, of which nine are new to science. I have 

 not been, able to ascertain the exact localities at which the speci- 

 mens were obtained, but most of them, it is believed, were found 

 in the neighborhood of Bogota. Some of them, as, for instance, 

 the Crpcodilus americanus, were- not fpund in that neighbor- 

 hood. 



The collection embraces a number of species which are very 

 rare in collections. 



BATEACHIA. 



URODELA. 



(Edjpus adspbesus Peters. - One specimen, No. 79. 



SALIENTIA. 



Bufo granulosus Spix. One specimen, No. 74. 

 Hyla vilsoniana sp. nov. Plate I, Figure 1. 



Web of anterior foot insignificant ; that of posterior foot ex- 

 cluding last two phalanges of fourth toe, and only reaching 

 distal half of antepenultimate, thus about two-thirds complete. 

 Vomerine teeth in two transverse series between the choanas, 

 which are equal in size to the ostia pharyngea. Tongue round, 

 feebly emarginate, and considerably free posteriorly and 

 laterally. Heel of extended hind limb reaching middle of eye. 

 Tympanic disc generally obscure, but where visible, exhibiting 

 a diameter of half of the eye fissure. Head short, muzzle not 



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