THE 



AMEBIC AN NATURALIST 



Vol. XL March, 1906 No. 471 



NOTES ON REPTILES AKD BATRACHIANS 

 OF PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY 

 AND DELAWARE 



WITMER STONE 



In view of the increasing interest in the study of our reptiles 

 and batrachians it seems desirable to place on record any facts 

 that may add to our knowledge of the distribution and relative 

 abundance of the various species. The writer therefore offers 

 the following list which is based upon his personal observations 

 in eastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, and upon 

 specimens contained in the splendid collection of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, which includes the collec- 

 tions of Green, Hallowell, A. E. Brown, and Cope, together with 

 local material collected by Samuel Ashmead, Samuel N. Rhoads, 

 Henry W. Fowler, and the writer. 



No species are included unless specimens obtained in one of the 

 three States have been examined, and unless otherwise stated the 

 specimens are in the Academy collection. 



It follows that a few species which have been recorded from the 

 district under consideration but of which no specimens were ac- 

 cessible have been omitted, and as the notes are only intended as 

 a contribution toward a complete list, no attempt has been made 

 to quote records or observations at second hand. Further collec- 

 tions will undoubtedly extend the range of many species. 



Necturus maculosus Rafinesque.— One specimen obtained in 



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