THE TEXAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE 
A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE REPTILES AND 
BATRACHIANS OF McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. 
JOHN K. STRECKER, JR., 
Waco, Texas. 
INTRODUCTORY. 
This paper is more properly a preliminary list of the reptilia and 
batrachia observed and collected in Waco and vicinity by the writer, from 
Angnst, 1893, to November, 1901, and is the forerunner of a more com- 
plete annotated list, with short descriptions of each species, and accounts 
of their habits as gleaned from personal observation, which will appear 
in 1902. 
The writer has thoroughly explored the western and southern, and has 
made a number of trips through the northern and eastern, sections of 
the county. 
The list is by no means complete, being especially lacking in Testu- 
dinata, only five forms being enumerated, while future investigation will 
probably bring seven or eight more species to light. Thanks are due to 
Mr. Julius Hurter, of St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. Clement S. Brimley, of 
Baleigh, N. C. ; and, indirectly, to the National Museum authorities for 
the identification of specimens; and to Messrs. C. B. Pearre, Jr., Bert 
L. Combs (now deceased), William Winston and Harry Bahl, for assist- 
ance in collecting material. 
The reptile fauna of McLennan county is largely composed of the 
forms peculiar to the Austroriparian and Sonoran faunal regions. 
