24 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 



By Thomas Barbour. 



The year has been an eventful one with respect to the large 

 amount of valuable material which has been received. 



The work of identifying the recent accessions has fallen some- 

 what behind, but nevertheless, the condition of the collection 

 remains good. No specimens of lizards or snakes have been 

 shelved among the study series without first having been entered 

 in the card file. The value of this card catalogue is becoming 

 increasingly evident. 



The most important among the accessions are : — the Wulsin 

 Madagascar collection, a report upon which has been prepared; 

 Mr. W. M. Mann's large collection from Fiji; Mr. H. S. Blair of 

 the United Fruit Co., some important reptiles from Zent, Costa 

 Rica, including a new Lathrogecko, described by Mr. G. K. Noble; 

 the Florida Amalgamated Phosphate Co., through Mr. Anton 

 Schneider some bones of the recently described Tomistoma 

 americana Sellards; Mr. Louis A. Mowbray and the Hon. G. 

 Whitfield Smith, Commissioner of Turks Island, new and impor- 

 tant West Indian Reptiles. 



Prof. Carlos de la Torre, Mr. C. T. Ramsden and Senor V. J. 

 Rodriguez have, as in former years, added many rarities, until our 

 Cuban collection is practically complete and very rich in large 

 series of rarities. Some valuable material, including several 

 desirable cotypes, has been bought by the Curator from Rosenberg, 

 Brimley, and other sources, notably Maynard's recent Bahaman 

 collections. 



Exchanges on an unusually extensive scale have been effected 

 with the Australian Museum, British Museum, University of 

 Michigan Museum, U. S. National Museum, Museum of Princeton 

 University, South African Museum, and Carnegie Museum of 

 Pittsburgh. 



Material loaned to Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, Dr. L. E. Griffin, 

 Dr. A. G. Ruthven, and Mr. E. R. Dunn has been returned safely. 



Special thanks are due to Dr. G. A. Boulenger for the loan of one 

 of the Gundlach and Peters specimens of the rare Anolis cyano- 

 pleurus. 



