PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY. WACO, TEXAS 



HENRY LEE HARGROVE. Ph. D. FRANCIS MARION ALLEN 



EDITOR MANAGER 



Notes on the Herpetology of Burnet County, Texas 



BY JOHN K. STRECKER, JR. 

 CuiatOT of Baylor University Museum 



The present list of reptiles and amphibians is based largely on collections 

 made by the writer during the months of August, 1902, and July and August, 

 1906. On both of my visits to the county, I had exceptional opportunities to 

 collect material and I am under obligations to Messrs. D. G. Sherrard, L. L. 

 Chamberlain, Charles and Hansford Stapp for many courtesies extended to 

 me. These gentlemen kindly provided me with horses and vehicles whenever 

 I needed them and in many other ways displayed an interest in my work. 



In the town of Burnet, I examined two small collections of local reptiles. 

 The only specimens of special interest in these two lots were poorly preserved 

 examples oiZamenis constrictor flcwiventris Say and Gerrhonotus Hocephalus 

 infernalis Baird, both of which species I failed to secure personally. 



Burnet county is located in the south-central part of the State and is bounded 

 on the north by Lampasas, on the east by Bell, Williamson and Travis, on the 

 south- by Blanco and on the west by San Saba and Llano Counties. The area 

 is 1,010 square miles. On the west the Colorado River divides Burnet from 

 the south-eastern corner of San Saba and forms most of the boundar^Mine be- 

 tween it and Llano County. A few miles north of the southern boundary of 

 Burnet, the river changes its course south and south-east and flows through 

 the county in the direction of Austin. 



My explorations were principally extended along the following tributaries 

 of the Colorado : Hamilton on the right hand and Clear, Spring, Peter's, and 

 Morgan's Creek on the left hand. Honey and Delaware, two small right- 

 hand tributaries of Hamilton Creek were also followed for a considerable dis- 

 tance. The bed of the Colorado, when the river is low, is a wide expanse of 

 red granite with a channel of swift-running water dividing it in the midde and 

 with numerous water-filled hollows scattered along on both sides. A short 

 distance above the mouth of Spring Creek is an island of considerable extent 

 which separates the river into two channels and is sometimes overflowed during 

 heavy rises. About two-thirds of this island is under cultivation, but I have 

 forgotten its area. 



Several of the canyons in the hills, through which some of the tributaries of 

 the river flow, are well worth seeing. The Morgan Creek canyon in particu- 

 lar is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited. Numerous springs 



