18 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 



By Thomas Barbour. 



The Associate Curator spent about half of the year in Cuba and 

 the Isle of Pines, and during part of the time had the capable 

 cooperation of Mr. W. S. Brooks. 



Mr. E. M. Dunn studied the collection of Amphibia Caudata 

 and prepared for publication an annotated catalogue of the same. 

 Mr. G. K. Noble studied the unidentified South American material. 



The gifts have been many. Dr. Vital Brazil has given an 

 almost complete series of the venomous snakes of Brazil; Mr. 

 J. M. Boutwell some rare amphibians from the Andean lakes of 

 central Peru; Mr. C. T. Ramsden specimens from eastern Cuba; 

 Dr. A. G. Ruthven paratypes of new forms; Dr. E. Uhlenhuth 

 desirable urodeles. 



The material transferred from the Boston Society of Natural 

 History is of great interest and includes the fine series of Pipa 

 which formed the basis for Wyman's pioneer work on its develop- 

 ment and anatomy. 



A Yellow Boa (Epicrates subflavus) from the U. S. N. M. in 

 exchange, completes the representation of the Jamaican reptile 

 and amphibian fauna, with the exception of Sphaerodadylus gihi- 

 torques. Other exchanges have been effected with the U. S. 

 National Museum, the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 

 the American Museum of Natural History and the Zoological 

 Museum of the University of Michigan. 



The purchase includes a large series of reptiles and amphibians 

 from the Cameroons and a desirable series of amphibians from 

 Louisiana. 



