20 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 



By Thomas Barbour. 



The Associate Curator returned to the Museum in May, having 

 been attached in a confidential capacity to the Hon. H. H. Morgan, 

 U. S. Consul General detailed to represent in Havana, Cuba, the 

 U. S. Food and Fuel Administrations, the U. S. War Trade and 

 Shipping Boards. 



The year brought large increases to the collection. Dr. Mal- 

 colm Smith of Bangkok, Siam, presented a beautifully preserved 

 suite of Siamese species including several new to the collection. 

 Mr. W. S. Brooks collected extensively in the Island of Pines and 

 extreme southern Florida, where the Associate Curator also 

 secured valuable material from Mr. C. A. Mosier and others. 

 Interesting specimens from Sebastian, Florida were collected by 

 Mr. George Nelson. 



The collection has benefited greatl y by the care which Dr. 

 G. M. Allen has given it during my absence. 



The entire collection of Urodeles has been card catalogued and 

 consists of thirty-four genera and 104 species. Most of the 

 lizards and snakes, except the large specimens, are also so recorded, 

 and to date the collection contains of lizards 208 genera, 972 

 species; snakes 222 genera and 630 species; crocodilians four 

 genera and nineteen species; rhynchocephalians one genus, one 

 species, and of chelonians about 110 species. Of the Salientia 

 there are seventy-eight species of Hyla. 



The American Museum in New York has sent in exchange a very 

 fine series from its Congo collection, including many great rarities. 

 Other exchanges were effected with the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, U. S. National Museum, Museum of 

 Zoology of the University of Michigan, and the British Museum. 



Gifts came also from Messrs. C. F. Baker, W.R. Forrest, A. B. 

 Fuller, and C. T. Ramsden. 



