University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



Frederick J. H. Merrill Director 



Bulletin 51 April 1902 



CATALOGUE 



OF 



NEW YORK REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS 



BY 



EDWIN C. ECKEL 



AND 



FREDERICK C. PAULMIER Ph.D. 



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Serpents of northeastern United 

 States. Edwin C. Eckel 



Introduction 356 



Reference list 357 



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 (continued) 



Color key to species 365 



Specific descriptions Colubridae . . . 366 



Specific descriptions Crotalidae 385 



Lizards, tortoises and batrachians 

 of New York. F. C. Paulmier 



Introduction . . 389 



Descriptions 390 



Plate 1 Metamorphoses of Ba- 



trachia facing 396 



Collecting and preparing „ 407 



Index 410 



