University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



Frederick. J. H. Merrill Director 

 Bulletin 51 April 1902 



C AT ALOGU E; 



NEW YORK REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS 



BY 



EDWIN C. ECKEL 



AND 



FREDERICK C. PAULMIER Ph.D. 



PAGE 



Serpents of northeastern United 

 States. Edwin C. Eckel 



Introdaction 35^ 



Reference list 3S7 



Classification and nomenclature 359 



Anatomic characters 360 



Venomous and nonvenomous 



snakes 361 



Nomenclature of the scales 361 



Variation 362 



Distribution 363 



Key to genera 364 



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Distribution {contmued) j 



Color key to species :.... 365 



Specific descriptions Colubridae. .. 366 

 Specific descriptions Crotalidae.'.'. . 385 

 Lizards, tortoises and batrachians 

 of New York. F. C. Paulmier 



Introduction 3S9 



Descriptions 390 



Plate I Metamorphoses of Ba- 



trachia.... facing 396 



Collecting and_ preparing 407 



Index 410 



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