SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
March 18, 1927 
Dr. A. Wetmore, 
Assistant Secretary. 
My dear Dr. Wetmore: 
In case you have time to collect any reptiles 
and amphibians during your stay in Santo Domingo, I know you will 
want a list of those kinds which would be of especial value to my 
report on the herpetology of Santo Domingo. 
The specimens which we most need are.: 
Burrowing snakes (Typhlops). These are often found by 
people digging in their gardens, or by farmers ploughing. 
Tne grass-lizards (Anolis). As many of these as can be 
caught, in every locality visited, might yield some new species, 
as Mr. Miller brought back two new species, from San Michel and 
Mon Repos in Haiti, and said that they were very numerous in the 
high grass. 
Burrowing lizards (Amphisbaena). The burrowing forms 
are always rare in collections. 
Skinks (Celestus). We need a large series from as many 
localities as possible in order to settle the amount of the varia¬ 
tion. They are rather secretive in habit and hard to find. 
Any and all of the smaller frogs (Hyla & Eleutherodactylus) 
There are probably a few new species yet to describe. The big 
tree-frog %la dominicensis would be welcome alive as a pet for 
the Zoo. 
With my thanks inadvance for whatever you may get, I am 
Very gratefully yours. 
