[ QL
1 653
1; R56D79
1 1905
I REPT
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES
3 9088 00747 2434
^
^^
Monograph No. xv.
Roger Williams Park Museum
Providence, R. I.
THE REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF
RHODE ISLAND 4 4 BY
FREDERICK P, DROWNE, M.D.
Price 25 cts.
^n0v.-ioo5
^^d^
PUBLISHED BY
C. ABBOTT DAVIS
^3^c^t
\
THE REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS OF
RHODE ISLAND 4 4 4
l!V
FREDERICK P. DROVVNE. M.D.
IN'rRODUCTlOX.
The reptiles and batrachians of Rhode Island have been
given much less attention than other divisions of our fauna. It
was with the idea of stimulating" interest in these animals that
a state check list was suggested to the author by IMr. Davis.
Species likely to occur in the state, as well as those of which
we have records, have been included in the following list which
is probably very nearly complete.
There is everywhere a popular prejudice against reptiles
and batrachians of all kinds, with the exception possibly of
turtles and frogs, and even these are destroyed in great num-
bers. In this state the only noxious species are the rattlesnake
and copperhead. Of these, the rattlesnake is very seldom seen,
and we have no record of the copperhead, although its occur-
rence is a possibility. All the other species found in our state
are not only harmless, but in many instances really beneficial,
doing much good by devouring insects and other vermin. They
should receive then general protection, especially from the far-
mers and gardeners whom they benefit the most.
The food of the turtles is varied. Some species prey al-
most entirely upon worms, insects and small aquatic reptiles,
while others eat much vegetable food, such as potatoes, melons
and mushrooms. The snapping turtle is fond of frogs and
fishes, and occasionally, judging from accounts, varies its diet
with young ducks. The food of the snakes is also subject to
much variation. They eat worms, insects, frogs, toads and
small quadrupeds such as mice, rats and young rabbits. Youn^
birds and chickens are occasionally devoured. The amphibians
eat principally small insects, worms, and some (if the small mol-
lusks. The bullfrog has been accused of preying upon young
ducks.
The snakes are nearly all oviparous. They deposit their
eggs which are elliptical in shape and covered with a soft,
leathery shell, in such situations that moist heat will furnish the
means of hatching. The Crotalidae, represented in this list by
the rattlesnake and copperhead, arc ovo-viviparous, bringing
forth living young, the eggs being retained in the oviduct until
the embryos are fully developed. The lizards and turtles arc
oviparojis. the lizards hiding their eggs in various protected sit-
uations, the turtles covering their eggs up in the tlirt or sand.
The frogs and toads lay their eggs, which arc enveloped in a
jelly-like medium, in the water of ponds and ditches. The
newly hatched young are the familiar tadpoles which pass
through several stages before attaining the adult form. The
tailed amphibians lay their eggs in water or in damp situations
on land. The young possess external gills which disappear as
they attain the adult form.
During the cold months the various species hibernate in
the mud or in protected places, to again resume their activities
when the warm spring weather appears.
It has been deemed advisable to give a brief description of
each species, which may serve as a means of identihcation to
those who do not have access to more extended descriptions.
Where species are represented by state specimens in the collec-
tion at the Roger Williams Park Museum, it has been so noted.
In arranging this list I have used freely the following ex-
cellent works : The Crocodilians, Lizards and Snakes of North
America, Cope ; The Reptilians and Batrachians of New York,
DeKay ; The Reptiles and Amphibians of Ohio, Smith ; The
Batrachia of North America, Cope ; List of Reptiles of New
England, lienshaw ; List of Batrachia of New England. Hen-
shaw.
I wish to extend my thanks to Mr. C. Abbott Davis, cura-
tor of the Roger Williams Park Museum, for courtesies extend-
ed to me at the museum and for other assistance in the prepa-
ration of this list.
Frederick P. Drowne, M. D.
Providence, R. I., August 14, 1905.
REPTILIA.
CHELONIA. ATHECAE.
1. Uv;rii!ocliel)s coriacea, Linnaeus.
The leather turtle.
Tc'studo coriacea, Lin)iaciis.
Sphargis coriacea, Linnaeus, Holbrook.
Length 6 to 8 feet. General color of head and upper parts
dull blackish brown, extremities obsoletely spotted with gray-
ish. The under parts marbled with blackish on a yellowish or
soiled whitish ground. Carapace smooth, polished, leathery in
appearance, its surface divided into separate, oblong furrows,
by seven equidistant, longitudinal ridges. Plastron smooth.
Anterior feet smooth, elongated, ending in blunt point, and
twice tlie lenii^th of posterior pair.
Marine.
Several year s ago a specimen was taken near Newport.
'' THECOPHORA.
2. C'helydra ser^'cntina, Linnaeus.
.Snapping turtle ; Snake tortoise.
Testudo serpentina, Linnaeus, Daudin, Leconte.
Chelonura serpeiitina, Say, Holbrook, Kirtland, DcKay.
Eniys serpentina. Gray, Merrem.
Emysaurus serpentina, Storer, Dimieril and Bihron.
Chdydra serpentina. Gray, Cope, Allen, Jordan.
Length 2 to 4 feet. Color above olivaceous or dirty brown ;
under parts yellow which becomes dull with age ; color fre-
quently obscured by adhering mud and algae. Plead large,
eyes set close together, jaws hooked. Neck long, skin of neck
studded with warty prominences. Carapace oval in contour,
with a dorsal ridge and three dentate processes on posterior
edge. Legs robust and covered with scales.
Ponds and m.uddy streams ; occasionally met with at a dis-
tance from the water.
Occurs generally about the state.
R. W. P. Coll.. three specimens and eggs.
3. Cinosterntim odoratum, Latreille.
JNlud turtle; Musk turtle; Stink pot.
Testudo odorafa, Latreille, Daudin, Leconte.
Cistudo odorata. Say.
Eniys odorata, Schzveigger, Harlan, Kirtland.
Kinosternon odorata. Gray, Leconte.
Ozotheca odorata, ct tristycha, Agassis.
ArnviochcJys ndnrntvs. Cope. Jordan.
4
Length 3^ to 5 inches. Color of carapace olive brown or
green with dark stripes on lateral and marginal plates ; plas-
tron yellowish with dark blotches. Head and neck colored like
carapace, with yellow^ lines on each side; feet and tail reddish
brown. Colors frequently obscured by adhering mud. Cara-
pace oblong, broader behind than in front, with a dorsal ridge.
Head large, pyramidal, nostrils placed at end of snout. Neck,
legs and feet granulated. Tail short, with several series of
pointed warty growths. Strong, musky, disagreeable odor.
Ditches and ponds.
R. W. P. Coll.. one speci men w hich was taken in Cranston.
4. Chrysemys picta, Schneider.
Painted turtle ; i\Iud turtle.
Testudo picta, Herm, Schneider, Gmelin, Shazv, Daiidin.
Testudo cinerca, Schneider, Sliaiv, Schocpfl .
imys picta, Schzveigger, Merrem, Say, Fitzinger, Gravenhorst,
Leconte, Harlan, Gray, Dumcril and Bibron, Holbrook,
Storer, DeKay.
Emys eiiierea, Schzocigger, Merrem.
Chrysemys picta, Agassiz, Allen, Cope, Jordan.
Chrysemys dorsalis, Agassiz.
Length 5 to 9 inches. Color of carapace olive brown,
sometimes darker, with irregular yellow lines, margined Avith
black ; a narrow, yellow dorsal line ; plastron orange or yellow,
often with black blotches ; neck, feet and tail, dark brown or
black with red and yellow stripes. Carapace oblong, smooth,
minutely notched behind. The median line of plastron often
irregular. Head moderate in size, upper jaw notched. Tail
short, scaly.
Ponds and muddy places.
Occurs gencrallv about the state. Very common in Cun-
Hff's Pond.
R. W. P. Coll.. six specimens and eggs.
5. Clemm}s guttata, Schneider.
Spotted turtle.
Testudo guttata, Schneider, SJiaiv.
Testudo punctata, Schneider, Schoeplf, Latreille, Daudin, Le-
conte.
Emys punctata, Merrem, Say, Harlan, Kirtland.
Emys guttata, Schweigger, Holbrook, Storer, Gray, DeKay,
Dnmeril and Bibron.
Clemmys punctata, IVagler.
Chelopus guttatus. Cope.
Nanemys guttatu.s, Agassiz, Jordan.
Length 3 to 5 inclies. Color of carapace black with ir-
regularly placed round, yellow spots ; plastron yellow, with
more or less dusky brown or black; marginal plates yellowish
beneath ; head and neck dark brown with irregular red spots ;
feet dark colored, reddish within. Carapace ovate, higher be-
hind than in front. Plastron broadly notched behind. Head
moderate. Legs scaly. Tail pyramidal, pointed, slightly dorsal
prominence.
Ponds and sluggish streams.
Occurs generally about the state ; common in Pawtuxet
River.
R. W. P. Coll., four specimens.
o. Llemmys msculpta. Leconte.
Wood turtle ; Sculptured tortoise.
Tcstudo iiisculptiis, Lcconie, Ilurlaii.
Emys scabra. Say.
Eniys insculptus, Leconte, Holbrook, DeKay, Storer.
Emys pnlchella, Duineril and Bibron.
Eniys spcciosa, Gray.
Glypleniys insculptus, A^^assi::;, i'cn'ill, Allen.
Chclopus insculptus, Cope, Jordan.
Length 8 to 10 inches. Color of carapace brown tinged
with reddish, each plate with radiating and concentric lines;
plastron yellow, each plate with a black blotch near its outer,
posterior margin ; under surface of neck, legs and tail, red,
with a sprinkling of black ; often a yellow line on each side of
neck. Carapace oval in contour, carinate ; plastron with a deep
notch between the two anal plates. Head of moderate size,
flattened above, lower jaw hooked. Legs stout, scaly. Tail
siiurt, seal}", tapering to acute tip.
Dry fields and woods, often at some distance from water.
Rare in R. L
R. W. P. Coll., two specimens. ___^
7. Emys blandingii. Holbrook.
Blandings tortoise ; Speckled turtle.
Tcstudo nielcagris, Shaw.
Lutrcmys mcleagris, Gray. Leconte.
Cisfudo hlaudinp-ii, Holbrook. DeKay. Storer.
Emys meleagris. Agassiz, Cope, Jordan.
Length 7 to 9 inches. Color of carapace black with num-
erous oblong and round yellow spots ; plastron yellow with a
large dark blotch at the outer posterior angle of each plate,
often almost entirely black ; head black with yellow spots ; legs
dark colored, yellowish beneath ; tail black above with two
6
faint yellowish lines, dusky beneath. Carapace smooth, less
elongated than in C Carolina. I'lastron deeply marginate be-
hind, full and rounded in front. Head moderate in size, lower
jaw hooked, neck long. Legs robust, scaly.
Vicinity of ponds and strean-s.
Recorded in R. I.— N.Y. specimen in R. VV. P. Coll.
o. MalaccKrlenunys terrapin, Schoepff.
Terrapin.
Tesfudo terra pin, SchoepjT.
Evtys terrapin, Schoepff, Hotbrook.
Length 5 to lo inches. Color of carai>ace ashy brown or
gray, with black concentric markings on eacli {date; beneath
reddish or orange, occasionally paler. Head, neck and ex-
tremities gray, spotted with black. Carapace oval, carinate.
Salt or brackish streams near the seashore.
Recorded from Mass. and Conn., also from R. L by Hol-
brook in 1842.
C). Jvlalacoclemmys geograpliica. Lesueur.
Geographical terrapin ; Map turtle.
Testudo geographica, Lesueur. Lcconie, Holbrook.
Eniys geographica, Lcconie, Kirtland, DcKay.
Graptemys geographica, Agassi;:::.
Length 9 to 10 inches. Color of carapace olive ijrown with
a network of yellow stripes, these markings being less promi-
nent towards the centre. Plastron yellow, often brown or black
in centre. Head and neck dark olive, striped with yellow, lon-
gitudinal lines ; legs and tail olivaceous, striped with yellow.
Carapace oval in contour, smooth, widely eniarginate in front,
notched behind. Head very large. Legs long, scaly. Tail
short, pointed.
Fresh water.
Unlabeled specin:en in Kingston College collection, sup-
posed to be from R. L
iO. ^istucio Carolina, Leconte.
Box turtle.
Cistudo clausa, Gniclin.
Cistndo Virginia, Allen.
Testudo Carolina, Linnaeus.
Cistudo Carolina. Kirtland, Storer, DeKay.
Length 5 to 7 inches. Color of carapace black with ir-
regular spots, bands or blotches, the extent and character of the
markings varying much. Plastron black, yellowish, reddish or
spotted. Head, neck and extremeties light yellow, sometimes
dirker. with irregular black stripes on head. Carajmce hemi-
spherical, elevaied, with dorsal ridge. Plastron smooth, entire
behind. Head stout, neck long; legs robust, scaly; tail short,
conical.
Dry land. Never frequent water though sometimes found
in damp places. Uncommon in R. I. R. W. P. Coll., two
specimens.
TT. Chelonia mydas, Linnaeus.
Green turtle.
Tcsindo snydas, LiiinuiJis.
Ti'shido viridis, Schneider.
Length 2 to 6 feet. Color a dull greenish inclining to olive
brown. Shell smooth, slightly keeled in centre. Fore feet in
shape of fins, longer than those behind. Two nails on each
foot. Tail very short.
Marin e. Recorded from R. L
T2. Thalassocbelys caretta, Linnaeus.
Loggerhead turtle.
7\'sti!do caretia, Linnaeus.
CJielonia caretta, Linnaeus, Holbrook.
Length 3 to 6 feet. Median portion of vertebral plates ele-
vated forming mid-dorsal ridge. Five vertebral, ten costal
plates. Limbs modified into paddles. A very large species, in-
dividuals \veighing over five hundred pounds.
Marine. Recorded from R. L
""""^ SAURIA.
LACERTILIA.
13. (I.) Sceloporus undulatus. Latreille.
Fence lizard ; Swift.
Sceloporus occidentalis, Baird and Girard, Girard.
Sceloporus frontalis, Baird and Girard.
Sceloporus undulatus thayerii, Cope.
Sceloporus Ion gi pes, Baird.
Sceloporus elongatus, Siajneger.
Laccrta unduiafa. Dattdin.
Laccria fasciata. Green.
Lacerta hyacinthina, Green.
Tropidolepis undulatus, Cuvier, Holbrook, Gray, Dumeril and
Bib ran, DeKay, Storer.
Stellio undulatus, IVicgman, Fitainger, Girard, Cope, Bou-
lenger.
Length 7 inches. Color above brownish; male with a
black patch on posterior half of chin, extending on each side to
shoulder ; belly with a blue patch on each side, black internally
and behind. Female lacks the blue and black coloring on under
8
parts, these being whitish with short dark longitudinal lines.
"Sandy and rocky soils, especially regions of pine forests."
(Henshaw.)
Recorded in Conn.
14. (2). Cnemidophorus scxlineatus, Linnaeus.
Six-striped lizard.
Lacerta sexlineata, Linnaeus, Gmelin, Latreille, Daudin, Har-
lan.
Ameiva sexlineata, Holbrook.
Cnemidophorus sexlineatus, Gray, Dumeril and Bihron, Cope,
Bocourt, Boiilenger.
Length 8 inches. Head dusky brown ; a purple or brown-
ish band on back extending from occiput to tail ; on each side
of this are three yellow longitudinal lines, the space between
jet black ; throat and abdomen whitish.
"Among bushes in high, dry situations." (Henshaw.)
Recorded in Conn.
15. (3). Eumeces quinquelineatus, Linnaeus.
Blue tailed lizard.
Eumeces fasciatus, Cope.
Lacerta fasciata, Linnaeus, Shazv, Latreille.
Lacerta qiiinquelineata, Linnaeus, Gmelin, Green, Say.
Scincus tristatus, Daudin.
Scincns quinquelineatus, Schneider, Latreille, Daudin, Kuhl,
Merrem, Harlan, Schlegel.
Scincus hicolor, Harlan, Cuvier.
Scincus fasciatus, Holbrook, Storer, DeKay.
Eumeces quinquelineatus, Bocourt, Smith, Peters.
Length 7 to 10 inches. Color dark olive green above, with
five whitish or yellow stripes which are very distinct in the
young but become indistinct with age, and may disappear en-
tirely ; the median stripe bifurcates at the occiput, the branches
uniting at the rostrum. Under parts light salmon, tinged with
bluish on the belly and sides of tail. Tail one and one-fourth
or one or one and one-half times the length of body when per-
fect.
"In earth, logs and stumps, and under bark." (Henshaw.)
Recorded in Mass. and Conn.
9
OPHIDIA.
COLUBRIDAE.
16. (1). Carphophiops aniocmis, Say.
Grouiul snake ; Wonn snake.
Carphophis amocna. Dumcril and Bibron, Giinther, Bonlenger.
Coluber ainoemts. Say, Cope. Sforcr.
Calainaria aiiiociio, Scltlei^cl.
BrachyorrJios auioeuiis, Holbrook.
Celuta auioeiia. Baird and Girard.
Ccluta helenac, Kcnnicott.
Length 12 inches. Head very small. Color above uni-
form, glossy, chestnut brown, abdomen salmon color.
Damp situations, under logs, stones or collections of leaves.
Recorded from Scituate and Prov., R. I. R. W. P. Coll.,
one specimen.
17. (2). Diadophis punctatus. Linnaeus.
Ring-necked snake.
Coluber punctatus, Linnaeus, Daudin, Harlan. Storer, Hol-
brook, DeKay.
Coluber torquatus, Shazi'.
Calaniaria punctata, Schlegel.
Ablabes punctatus, Dumeril and Bibron, Gunther,
Diadophis occipitalis. Cope.
Diadophis dysopes. Cope.
Ablabes occipitalis, Gunther.
Coronella punctata, Bonlenger.
Diadophis punctatus, Baird and Girard, Cope, Jan, Gorman,
Bocourt.
Length 15 inches. Color above bluish black, without spots ;
abdomen yellowish orange, with a medial series of black spots,
these spots sometimes absent ; a yellowish ring in occipital re-
gion.
Under logs and stones. R. W. P. Coll., six specimens.
IW. (3). Heterodon platyrhinus, Latreille.
Hog-nosed snake ; Blowing adder.
Coluber heterodon, Daudin, Harlan.
Coluber cacodaenion, SliaK'.
Scyialc nigtr, Daiului, Harlan.
Felias niger, Merrem.
Heterodon niger, Troost, Holbrook, Baird and Girard, Du-
meril and Bibron.
Heterodon cognatus, Baird and Girard.
Heterodon atmodes, Baird and Girard.
Heterodon platyrhinus, Holbrook, Dumeril and Bibron, Baird
and Girard, Cope, Bonlenger.
10
Length 25 to 30 inches. Color yellowish gray or reddish
brown above, son-ietiines with about twenty-eight dark blotches
on body, fifteen black half rings on tail. One or two series of
lateral spots. Beneath greenish yellow, with indistinct green-
ish brown blotches. A dark band across forehead extending to
angle of mouth. Body short and stout, tail long. Upper sur-
face of rostral plate compressed into a sharp ridge.
Dry, sandy districts. R. W. P. Coll., four specimens.
19. (4). Liopcltis vernalis, lJ)cKay.
Grass snake ; Green snake.
Coluber vernalis, DeKay, Harlan, Storer, Holbrook, Thompson.
Chlorosoma vernalis, Baird and Girard.
Herpctodryas vernalis, HaUowell.
Cyclophis vernalis, Gunthcr.
Contia vernalis, Boulenger.
Liopeltis vernalis, Cope.
Length 20 inches. Color above uniform, bright green, be-
neath yellov/ish white. Tail one-third or one-fourth total
length ; scales in fifteen rows.
P'ields and meadov>-s. Very abundant.
R. W. P. Coll.. ten specin iens and e ggs.
20. (5). Cyclophis aestivus, Linnaeus.
Keeled green snake.
Coluber aestivus, Linnaeus, Gntelin, Harlan.
Leptophis aestivus. Bell, Holbrook, Baird and Girard.
Herpctodryas aestivus, Fitsinger, Cope.
Auguis viridis, Cotesby.
Cyclophis aestivus. G wither, Cope.
Length 25 inches. Color above green, labial region and
under parts light yellow. Tail more than one-third^ of total
Lngth. Scales in seventeen rows, and strongly carinated ex-
cept the outer row.
Arboreal. Recorded from Conn.
21. (6). Coluber vulpinus, Baird and Girard.
Fox snake.
Scotophis vulpinus, Baird and Girard.
Elaphis rubriceps, Dumeril and Bibron.
Coluber vlupinus. Cope, Boulenger.
Length 60 inches. General color above light brown. A
vertebral and two lateral series of chocolate colored blotches
extending from head to tail. The vertebral series are large,
quadrate; the lateral series, smaller and rounded. Abdomen
yellowish white with black, quadrate blotches.
Recorded from vicinitv of Prov.. R. L
11
J.2. {'/}. Z-divtcms constrictor. IJnnaeus.
Black snake.
Coiuber constrictor, Linnaeus, Gmelin, Harlan, Schlegel,
Siorcr, Holbrook, Tlwmpsoii, DeKay, Garman.
Hierophis constrictor, Bonaparte.
Coryphodon constrictor, Dunicril and Bibron, Gunther.
Coluber ilavivcntris, Say.
Bascanium constrictor, Baird and Girard, Cope,
hoscaniuni flavivcntris, Baird and Girard.
Coryphodon tiai'ivcntris, Halloz<.'cd.
Jjascanion frcuwntii, Baird and Girard.
Bascanion foxii, Baird and Girard.
Bascanion vctustus, Baird and Girard, Girard, Cooper.
B-ascanion constrictor vetustuni. Cope, Varrozv.
Zauienis constrictor, Bonlenger.
Length 60 inches. Adult, color above uniform, lustrous
blue black, beneath greenish black ; chin and throat white.
Young ; above olive, with rhomboidal, dorsal, dark blotches ;
b'cneath greenisli white.
Fields and meadows, woodland.
R. W. P. Coll.. two specimens and eggs.
zj. (6). L.oluber obsoietus, Say.
t'ilot black snake.
Scolophis obsoietus, Kennlcott.
Coluber alieglienicnsis, Holbrook.
Scotophis allegheniensis, Baird and Girard.
Elaphis allegheniensis, Allen.
Elaphis holbrookii, Unmeril and Bibron.
Scotophis liudhcimerii, Baird and Girard.
Coluber obsoietus. Say, Harlan, Cope.
Length 60 inches. Color above black, sometimes with dor-
sal series of lighter colored quadrangular blotches. Abdomen
slate color, or greenish white mottled with dark slate. Central
dorsal scales carinated instead of smooth, which characteristic
together with its darker color will serve to distinguish it from
Z. constrictor.
Recorded in Mass. and Conn.
24. (9). CJsceola doliata triangula, Boie,
Milk snake; House snake; Chequered adder.
Ophibolus doliatus iriangulus. Cope.
Coluber trianguluni. Boie.
Ablabcs trianguluni, Dunieril and Bibron, Hallowell.
Lampropeltis triangula, Cope.
Fseudoelaps. Bert hold.
Coluber exitnius, DeKay, Harlan, Holbrook, Gunther.
Ophipolus exiniius, Baird and Girard.
Coi'o'fella triangnluni. Bonlenger.
12
Length 40 to 50 inches. General color above grayish ; a
dorsal series of reddish brown blotches, with narrow blackish
borders, extends from head to tail; two smaller lateral series
on each side. Underneath light yellowish or white, with square,
black or brown spots.
Fields and meadows, often in vicinity of buildings.
R. W. P. Coll., three specimens.
25. (10). Ophibolus getulus getulus, Linnaeus.
Chain snake.
Coluber getulus, Linnaeus, Harlan, Peak, Gunther.
Pseudoelaps getulus, Fit:;inger.
Coronella getula, Holbrook, DnmcrU and Bibron.
Anguis annulatus, Cafesby.
Ophibolus gctulns, Baird and Girard.
Lampropeltis getulus, Cope.
Ophibolus getulus niger. Yarrow.
Ophibolus getulus getulus, Cope.
Length 40 to 50 inches. Color above black, crossed by
about thirty yellow lines which are narrow on the dorsum, but
widen rapidly on the sides. A series of black blotches on each
side, alternating with the dark inclosures on the back. Outer
edge of abdomen yellow, center of abdomen blotched with
black.
Recorded in Conn.
2^. (11). Natrix fasciata sipedon, Linnaeus.
Water snake ; Water adder.
Coluber sipedon, Linnaeus, Gnielin, Shaiv. Merrem, Harlan,
Storer, Thompson.
Tropidonotus sipedon, Holbrook, Dumeril and Bibron.
Tropidonotus sipedon sipedon. Cope.
Tropidonotus fasciatus var. sipedon, Boulenger.
Coluber poecilogaster, IVied.
Length 40 to 50 inches. General color of back and sides
reddish brown. On the dorsal surface, a series of transverse
bands of lighter color, margined with dark brown or black,
which widen rapidly on the sides. Abdomen dirty white or
yellowish, with red and black blotches. Much variation in
color. The markings of the upper parts may be very indis-
tinct. In young individuals, the markings may consist of three
series of dark brown spots with darker margins, one on each
side and one dorsal.
Generally in or near streams and ponds.
R. W. P. Coll., four specimens and eggs. One specimen,
a A'oung one, has two heads.
13
2/. (12). Xutrix Icbt'i'is, Linnaeus,
Ouecn snake ; Yellow-bellied snake.
Coluber leberis, Linnaeus, Ginelin. Shazv, Daudin.
Tropidonotus leberis, Holbrook. DeKay, Dnineril and Bibron,
Gunther.
Regina leberis, Baird and Girurd.
Coluber septcuivittatus, Say, Harlan, Bonleui^er.
Length 20 inclies. General color above dark brown, "with
three narrow, longitudinal, dorsal, black bands, and a lateral
yellow band. Abdomen yellowish, with two lateral and tw'O
medial bro\vn jjands.
Recorded in Conn.
28. (13). ;>torcna dekayi, jriol'Drook.
DeKa} s snake.
Tropidonotus dekayi, Holbrook, DeKay.
Ischnognathns dekayi, Dunieril and Bibron, Boulenger.
Tropidonolus ordinalus, Sforer.
Sioreria deiuiyi, Baird and Girard, Cope.
Length 12 inches. General color above grayish brown; a
dorsal stripe, lighter in color, extends from head to tail, with
a series of rounded brown dots on each side. Abdomen gray-
ish white, with one or two black spots near the external edge
of each scale.
L nder stones and collections of leaves.
R. "VV. P. Coll., eight specimens.
29. (14). Storeria occiptomaculata, Storer.
Spotted-necked snake : Red-bellied snake.
Tropidonotus oceipitoniaculafus, Storer.
L^chnognathns occipitoniaculatns, Gunther, Botilenger.
Coluber venustus. HaUou-ell.
Storeria occipitomaculata, Baird and Girard, Cope.
Length 10 inches. (leneral color above grayish to chest-
nut brown ; a lighter colored vertebral line from head to tail,
with a series of small brown spots on each side. Abdomen red
or salmon color, with a series of more or less distinct small
spots on sides. Three light colored blotches just posterior to
head.
Recorded in Mass. and Conn.
30. (T5K Haldea ftriatu^a. Linnaeus.
Brown snake.
Coluber striatulus, Linnaeus, Ginclin, Harlan.
Calamaria striatula, Sehlegel, Holbrook.
Conoccphalus striatulus. Dunieril and Bibron.
Haldea striatula. Baird and Girard, Cope, Boulenger.
Length 10 inches. Color above reddish gray. Abdomen
reddish. A narrow, light chestnut band extends across middle
of occipital, spreading over angle of the mouth. Body slender.
Recorded in Mass.
14
31. (i6). Eutaenia saurita, Linnaeus.
Ribbon snake.
Coluber saurita, Linnaeus, Harlan, Storer, Thompson.
Leptophis sauritus, Holbrook, DeKay.
Tropidonotus saurita, Schlegel, Dtoneril and Bibron, Gunthcr,
Boulenger.
Eutaenia sirtalis, Baird and Birard.
Eutacnia saurita. Cope.
Length 30 inches. General color above dark brown ; a
vertebral and two lateral, longitudinal yellow stripes. Abdo-
men greenish white, without spots. Body slender, elongated,
tapers out to long, pointed tail.
Fields and meadows. R . W. P. Coll., fo ur speci n-iens.
32! (17). Eutaenia sirtalis sirtalis, Linnaeus.
Garter snake ; Striped snake.
Eutaenia sirtalis, Baird and Girard.
Tropidonotus ordinatus var. sirtalis, Boulenger.
Eutaenia sirtalis sirtalis, Cope, YarroTv.
Length 2 to 3 feet. General color above varies from dark
olive green, to darker in old specimens. A vertebral and two
lateral yellowish stripes. Three series of small indistinct spots
on each side, about seventy from head to anus. Beneath,
greenish white with black blotches.
Fields and meadows. R. W. P. Coll., four specimens.
33. (18). Eutaenia sirtalis ordinata, Linnaeus.
Garter snake.
Tropidonotus ordinatus, Holbrook.
Eutaenia ordinata, Baird and Girard.
Coluber ordinatus, Linnaeus, Gmclin, Harlan.
Tropidonotus ordinatus, Holbrook, Boulenger.
i'ipera gracilis maculatus, Catcsby.
Vipera viridis maculatus, Catesby.
Eutaenia sirtalis nielanota, Smith.
Eutaenia sirtalis ordinata. Cope.
General appearance same as Eutaenia s. sirtalis. Color
greenish brown or olive; no stripes, or vertebral and lateral
stripes inconspicuous. Three series of small, square, dark
blotches on each side, about eighty-five from head to anus. Be-
neath greenish white with black spots.
R. W. P. Coll., four specimens.
34. ( 19). Eutaenia sirtalis graminea, Cope.
Garter snake.
General appearance same as preceding, but no stripes or
, .1 r Leing a uniform light green ; a spot near end
of each gastrostege.
Recorded in IMas?.
15
CROTALIDAE.
35. (20). Ancistrodon contortrix, Linnaeus.
Copper! icad ; Deaf adder.
Agkisirodon contortrix, Baird and Girard.
Boa contortrix, Linnaeus.
Ai^kistrodon viokcson, Pal. de Beauvois.
Ccnchris mokt'son, Daudin, Harlan.
Scytalus cupvens, Rafmesquc, Harlan.
Trigonoccphalus ccnchris, Sclilcgcl.
Trigonoccphalns contortrix, Holbrook, Dumeril and Bibron.
Ancistrodon contortrix, Baird, Cope.
Length 30 to 40 inches. General color above light chest-
nut ; a series of darker, inverted Y-shaped blotches on each
side. Beneath dull yellowish with a series of large dark
blotches on each side. Forehead with larger scales than those
of neck ; poir.onous fang teeth in upper jaw ; no rattles, tail end-
ing in horny point.
Fields and meadows.
Recorded in Mass. and Conn, and R. L
3b. (21). Crotalus horridus, Linnaeus.
Banded rattlesnake.
Crotalus diirissiis, Latreille, Daudin, Harlan, Schlegel, Storer,
Holbrook, DeKay, Lecontc, Baird and Girard, Dumeril
and Bibron.
Crotalus atricaudatns, Latreille, IVagncr, Gray.
Urocrotalon durissus, Fitzinger.
Urosophus durissus, Gray.
Crotalus horridiis, Shaw, Cuvier, Gray, Guerin, Griff eth, Le-
contc, Cope.
Length 4 to 5 feet. Color above varies from yellowish
tawny to dark brown ; a series of brown or black spots on each
side of mitl-dorsal line, more or less confluent, forming zigzag
cross bands. Beneath, color varies from whitish yellow to
black gray. Body stout ; head broad and triangular ; upper
jaw with two large fang teeth. Scales of forehead not larger
than those of back; last joints of tail horny and flat, forming
rattles.
Rocky, wooded regions.
Recorded in R. L from Tiverton, Foster and "Rattlesnake
Den." (?)
R. \V. P. Coll., two specimens.
16
BATRACHIA.
NEOBATRACHIA. URODELA.
37. (i). Amblystorna opacum, (jravenhorst.
Marbled salamander; Dark blunt-nosed salamander.
Amblystorna opaca, Baird, Gray, Hallowell.
Salamandra opaca, Gravenhorst, Dumeril and Bibron.
Salamandra fasciata. Green, Holhrook, DcKay.
Amblystorna fasciatum, Dumeril and Bibron.
Amblystorna opacum, Cope, Strauch. Botdenger.
Length 3 to 4 inches. Color above blackish, with about
fourteen blue gray, transverse bands, extending from head to
tail. Color below dark slate.
Terrestrial.
R. W. P. Coll.. two specimens.
38. (2). Amblystorna punctatum, Linnaeus.
Spotted salamander.
Lacerta punctata, Linnaeus.
Lacerta maculata. Shaw.
Salamandra vcnenosa. Barton, Daudin, Holbrook.
Lacerta subviolacea. Barton.
Salamandra subviolacea, Llarlan. DeKay.
Amblystorna carolinae, Gray.
Amblystoma punctata, Baird, Hallowell,
Amblystoma argus, Dumeril and Bibron.
Amblystoma punctatum. Cope, Strauch, Botdenger.
Length 6 inches. Color above black, vi^ith a row of large
round yellow spots on each side and on legs. Color beneath,
paler.
Terrestrial.
R. W. P. Coll., five specimens.
39. ( 3 ) . Amblystoma tigrinum, Green.
Tiger salamander.
Salamandra tigrina, Green, Harlan.
Salamandra ingens, Green.
Salamandra lurida, Sager.
Triton tigrinits. Holbrook. DeKay.
Amblystoma episcopus, Hallowell, Baird.
Amblystoma luridum, Baird. Hallowell.
Amblystoma tigrinum, Baird, Cope, Jordan.
Length 7 inches. Color above dark brown, olivaceous on
sides. Under parts vary from yellowish white to light olive.
Both upper and lower parts marked with yellow rounded spots
and blotches, generally very distinct, those below being more
scattered. Body stout.
Partially aquatic. Recorded in Mass.
17
40. {4). Aiiiblystonia jelfersoiiianum, Green.
Jelfersons salamander; Granulated salamander.
Salainaiidra graindota, DcKa.y.
Triton nigcr, DeKay.
Xiphouiura jcifersoniana, Tschudi, Gray.
Salainandra jeffersoniana, Green, Holbrook, Harlan, Schlegel.
.hnblystouia fuse nut, hlolbrook.
Ambiystonia latcrale, HallozvcU.
Amblystonia platineuni, Cope.
Amblystoina jeffersonianum, Baird, Cope, Jordan.
Length 6 inches. Color blackish brown or lead color, with
or without lateral bluish white spots, the latter disappearing in
alcohol. Body slender.
Roger Williams Park, R. I.
R. W. P. Coll.. two specimens, one of these an albino.
41. (5). Hemidactylium scutatum. Tschudi.
Four-toed salamander.
Salaniajidra scutata, Schlegel.
Salaniandra uiclanostiota, Gibbes.
Desinodactylns scntatns, Dmneril and Bibron.
Desnwdactylus uiclanostictus, Dnnicril and Bibron.
Batraclwscps scntatns, Bonlcngcr.
Heniidactylium scntatnin, Hallowell, Strauch, Gray.
Length 2 to 5 inches. Color above brown, with black
spots on each side, placed irregularly. Beneath white, with
large black spots. Four toes on hind foot.
Recorded from R. L
42. (6). Plethodon cinereus cinereus. Green.
Ashy salan"'ander.
Salaniandra cinerea. Green.
Length 3 to 4 inches. Upper half of body and tail is a
dark liver brown, sometimes a yellowish tinge toward head.
Beneath, whitish finely mottled with brown, giving a "pepper
and salt" appearance.
Terrestrial ; under logs and stones.
Lincoln, R. I. (F. P. Drowne.)
East Greenwich. R. L (Reginald Heber Howe, Jr.)
43. (7). Plethodon cinerus erythronotus, Green.
Red backed salamander.
Salaniandra eryflironofa. Green.
Length 3 to 4 inches. Color of sides grayish brown. A
dorsal stripe of red from occiput to end of tail. Color beneath
whitish, "pepper and salt" appearance. The color of the dorsal
stripe varies from shades of red to orange or yellowish.
Terrestrial : under logs and stones.
R. W. P. Coll.. twenty-seven specimens.
18
44- (8.) Plethodon glutinosiis, Green.
Stout salamander, Slimy salamander.
Plethodon glutinosuui, Gray.
Salaumndra gluiinosa, Green, Holbrook, DeKay.
Salainandra variolata, GilUams.
Salamandra cylindracca, Harlan.
Triton porphyriticiis, DeKay.
Cylindrosouta ghitinosum, Dnmeril and Bibron.
Plethodon glutinosus, Tschudi, Cope, Strauch, Boulenger.
Length 3 inches. Color bluish black, with small grayish
spots on back and sides. Under parts with grayish spots in
gular region. Number of spots variable, sometimes very few.
Young specimens whitish beneath. Skin lined with glands
which secrete a milky juice. Cody stout.
Terrestrial ; under logs and stones.
Scituatc. R. I. (F. P. D.) R. W. P. Coll., 4, Cumber-
land, R. I.
-^5- (9)- Gyrinophilus porphyriticus. Green.
Purple salamander.
Salamandra porphyriticus. Green, Cope.
Salawandra sahnonea, Storer, Holbrook, DeKay.
Triton porphyriticus, Holbrook.
Pseudotriton sabnoncus, Hallotvcll.
Aniblystor.ia salmoneum, Dnmeril and Bibron.
Spelerpes porphyriticus, Boulenger.
Spelcrpes sahnoneus. Gray, Cope.
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus, Cope.
Length 6 inches. Color above yellowish brown, with ir-
regular gray blotches. Sides salmon color, tinged with yellow.
Color below, white.
i\(iuatic.
Recorded in Mass. and Conn.
46. (10). Spelerpes bilineatus, Green.
Striped salamander.
Spelerpes cirrigerus, Baird, Strauch, Gray.
:>alaniandra bilineata. Green, Holbrook, DeKay.
Salamandra ^avissitna, Harlan.
Salaniaridra cirrigera. Green. Holbrook.
Dolitoglossa bilineata, Dnmeril and Bibron.
Spelerpes bilineatus, Baird, Cope, Strauch. Gray, Halloivell,
Boulenger.
Length 3 inches. Color yellow, a dark brown or black
line on each side, a sprinkling of very fine, brown or black
?pots on back rnd sides. Tail about same length as body.
Partially aquatic,
R. \^^ . P. Coll.. ^nQ specimen.
19
4/. ill). Spelcrpcs longicaiulus, Green.
Cave salamander.
Salamaiidra longicauda, Green, Holbrook, DeKay.
Spelerpcs hieifitga, Raflncsquc.
Cylindrosonia lojigicauda, Tschudi.
Cylindrosoimi longicaudatuni, Dinncril and Bibron.
Spelerpcs loiigicaudus, Baird, Cope, Sfrauch, Gray, Hallowell,
Boidcnger.
Length 5 inches. General color bright yellow, with an
irregular sprinkling of black spots on back and sides. Color
beneath, paler. Tail much longer than body.
Recorded in Mass. and Conn.
4SI {12). Spelerpes ruber, Daudin.
Red salaniander.
Saloinandra rubra, Daudin, Holbrook, DeKay.
Salainandra niaculata, Green.
Salamandra subfusca, Green.
Salainandra ruhriventris, Green.
Psendotriton snbfuscus, Tschudi.
Pscudoiriton ruber, Baird, Hallowell.
Spelcrpcs rubra. Gray.
Bolitoglossa rubra, Dunieril and Bibron.
Psendotriton flavissiinus, Hallowell.
Siren operculata, Palisot Beauvois.
Proteus neocacsarcanus. Green.
Spelcrpcs ruber. Cope, Strauch, Bonlcnger.
Length 5 inches. General color red. Upper parts marked
with nearly round dark spots ; under surface with minute black
dots. Tail round, sh.orter than bod}'.
Aquatic.
Recorded in A lass, and Conn.
49. (13). Desmognathus fusca, Rafinesque.
Spring newt; Dusky salamander.
Triturus fuscus, Rafiucsquc.
Salamandra interini.vta, Green.
Salainandra picta. Harlan.
Salamandra quadrimaculata, Holbrook.
Plethodon fuscuni, Dumeril and Bibron.
Plethodon iiigcr, Hallozv.
Salamandra auriculata, Holbrook.
Desmognathus anriculatus, Baird, Strauch, Gray.
Cylindrosovui auriculatum, Dumeril and Bibron.
Desmognathus fusca var. auriculata, Cope, Boulenger.
Desmognathus fusca, Baird, Cope, Strauch, Gray, Boulenger.
20
Length 3 to 4 inches. General color above blackish
brown, sometimes with gray or pink shade. Color beneath,
paler. Sides and belly marbled.
Aquatic.
Scituate, R. I. (F. P. D.)
50. (14). Diemyctylus viridescens, Rafinesque.
Newt ; Evet ; Eft ; Crimson spotted triton.
Triturus (Diemyctylus) viridescens, Rafinesque.
Salaniandra sfcllio, Say.
Salamandra dorsaJis, Harlan, Wied.
Salaniandra symmetrica, Harlan, Holbrook, DcKay, Wied.
Salamandra millepunctata, Storer.
Salamandra greenii, Gray.
Triton Dorsalis, Holbrook, Dn}}icril and Bibron.
Triton tnillepunctatus, DcKay.
Notophthahnns viridescens, Baird, Gray.
Triton punctatissimus, Dumeril and Bibron.
Triton symmetricus, Dumeril and Bibron.
Triton viridescens, Strauch.
Molge viridescens, Boulenger.
Diemyctylus viridescens, Hallozvell, Cope.
Length 3 to 4 inches. General color above light brownish
olive. A row of three to six red dots, with black borders, on
each side. Color beneath light yellow with black dots. Back
and sides generally dotted with black.
Aquatic. Very common. R. W. P. Coll.. four specimens.
51. (15). Diemyctylus viridescens miniatus, Rafinesque.
Red newt.
Diemyctylus miniatus, Hallow.
Triturus (Notophthalmns) miniatus, Rafinesque.
Notophthalmus miniatus, Baird. Gray.
Length 3 to 4 inches. Color above vermillion, light yel-
low beneath. The red dots present on sides, but back rarely
dotted with black. Now known to be a seasonal or color fonn
of D. viridescens. Specimens kept under observation, have
changed to the typical coloration of D. viridescens.
Aquatic. R. W. P. Coll.. three specimens.
ANURA.
52. (I). Bnfo Icntigiiiosus ainericanus, Lccontc.
American toad.
Uufo ainericanus, Lccontc, Holbrook, Dumeril and Bibron,
Hallowell, Girard.
Bnfo copt'i, Yarrow and Hcnshaiv'.
Length 3 A inches. General color above grayish or brown,
with darker spots on dorsum and sides and a light colored mid-
dorsal line. Beneath yellowish or dirty white. Skin rough
and warty.
Terrestrial, except during the breeding season, when they
go to tlie ditches and ponds.
X'ery c ommon. R. W. P. Coll., five specimens.
53. (2). Scaphiopus hoibrookii, Harlan.
Spade- footed toad.
Rana hoibrookii, Harlan.
ScaphiopHS soUtarins, Holbrook, Tscliudi, Dumeril and Bibron,
Lecontc, Git nf her, Botilcngcr.
ScaphiopHS hoibrookii, Baird, Cope.
Length 3 inches. General color above grayish or brown,
dark-brownish or reddish tubercles on flanks. On each side, a
yellowish line extends from eye posteriorly, these lines diverg-
ing, then converging to unite on the rump. Color beneath
grayish v>hite, a black, horny process at base of inner toe.
Subterrestrial. Barrington, R. I.
R. W. P. Coll., one specimen.
54. (3). Acris gryllus crepitans. Baird.
Cricket frog.
Acris gryllus, Dumeril and Bibron. Gunfher.
Hylodes gryllus, DeKay.
Acris crepitans, Baird, Leconte.
Length i^ inches. Color above brownish, a mid-dorsal
stripe of green, a blackish triangular spot between the eyes,
three blackish bars on lip; generally three blackish spots, with
light colored edges, on each side of dorsal line ; blackish cross-
bars on surface of femur. Underparts whitish ; throat, in
spring, yellow.
Edges of streams and ponds.
Recorded in Conn.
Recorded from Rhode Island by Prof. Barlow of Kingston.
22
55- (4)- Hyla pickeringii, Storer.
Pickerings tree frog.
llylodcs pickeringii, Storer, Holbrook, DeKay, Thompson.
Hyla femoralis, Nichols.
Hyla crncifer, Max. Von IVied.
Acris pickeringii, Gunther.
Hyla pickeringii, Leconte, Cope, Boulcngcr, Jordan.
Length i inch. Color above ashy gray to reddish brown,
with blackish stripes and spots arranged in form of cross on
back. Legs finely barred with transverse, narrow lines. Un-
der parts yellowish white. Conspicuous discs on the fingers
and toes.
Aquatic durin.g spring; later, may be found in woods, on
ground or in trees.
Very common. R. W. P. Coll., two specimens.
56. ( 5 ) . Hyla versicolor, Leconte.
Common tree frog.
Hyla verrucosa, Dandin.
Dcndrohyas versicolor, Tschudi.
Hyla squirrella, Storer, Allen, Jones.
Hyla richordii, Baird.
Hyla versicolor, Harlan, Holbrook, Storer, Dumeril and Bi-
bron, DeKay, Tlionipson, Gunther, Boulenger.
Length i J inches. General color above varies from green-
ish to brown, with brown or black blotches. A conspicuous
light gray spot beneath posterior half of eye. Transverse dark
bands on legs. Under parts yellowish white. Large round
discs on ends of fingers and toes. Body stout and covered with
coarse tubercles, with finer ones intermingled.
Trees and fences. R. W. P. Coll., two specimens.
57. (6). Rana vircsccns, Kalm.
Leopard frog.
Rana halecina, Kahn, Daudin, Harlan, Storer, Holbrook, Du-
meril, Bibron, Thompson, DeKay, HalloweU, Allen,
Cope, Jordan, Gunther.
I\.ana aquatica, Catesby, Klein.
Rana pipiens, Gnielin, Shaw, Schneider, Leconte.
Rana utricularia, Harlan.
Rana virgin iana, Lamarck.
Rana palustris, Guerin.
Rana oxyrhynchus. Hallozvcll.
Rana berJaudicri, Baird.
23
Length 3 inches. Color above varies from Hght to dark
green, with largo black spots, edged with ^eenish yellow, often
placed in two rows. Other irregularly arranged spots on sides.
Abdomen whitish or yellowish. Upper surface of legs with
transverse bars or blotches of black. Tympanum smaller than
e}e.
Very active species, fre<iuciuing wet places.
R. VV. P. Coll., two specimens.
5°^^ (tT- Kana palustris, Leconte. ~ ~
Pickerel frog; Marsh frog; Tiger frog.
Kana pardalis, Harlan.
Rana palustris, Harlan, Dumcril and Bibron, Holbrook, De-
Kay, Gunthcr.
Length 2^ inches. Color above pale brown with two long
longitudinal rows of square, dark brown spots, sometimes con-
Huent, on the back and on each flank. Beneath yellowish white
I-ostenor half of thigh bright yellow, mottled with black A
bright yellow longitudinal line extends from each orbit alon.^
side to posterior portion of bod v.
\'icinity of streams and ponds.
[':''.st Greenwich. R. I. (Reginald Heber Howe, Jr.)
59^ \^- Rana clamata, JJaudin. ~ ^
Green frog.
Rana clamiians, Daiidin, Mcrrcni, Holbrook.
Rana fontinalis, Leconte, Holbrook, Storer, Thompson, DcKav
Ranana melanota, Raflncsqnc.
Rana melanota. Harlan. Thompson.
Ra)ia flaviviridis, Harlan.
Rana horiconcnsis, Holbrook, Thompson, DeKay.
Rana nigricans, Agassic.
Rana clamata, Harlan, Dumeril and Bibron.
Length 3 to 4 inches. Color above green to dark olive
with small rounded blotches on back, sides and buttocks Be-
neath silvery ^yhite. Throat yellowish. Tvmpanum larger
han eye, extending nearly up to it, beyond the articulation of
he jaws. A prominent fold of skin extends from eye along
the side of the back, becoming lost on posterior portion.
Ponds and streams.
R. W. P. Coll.. two specimens.
24
60. (9). Rana catesbiana, Shaw.
Bull frog.
Rana mugiens, Merrem, IVagler, Tschiidi, Dumeril and Bi-
bron, G tint her.
Rana pipiens, Halloivell, Holhrook, Kirtland, Storer, DeKay.
Rana scapularis, Harlan.
Rana conspersa, Leconte.
Rana catesbiana, Allen, Cope, Jordan.
Length 7 to 8 inches. Color above olivaceous brown, with
darker, irregular blotches, these blotches being more promi-
nent on the legs and sides. Legs above, same color as back,
the blotches often replaced with bars. Under parts silvery
white with black or brown blotches. Tympanum large, equal
in diameter to eye. A fold of skin extends from posterior
canthus of eye to the tympanum. No fold of skin on side of
back.
Ponds and streams.
Common.
61. (10). Rana sylvatica, Leconte.
Wood frog.
Rana pennsylvanica, Harlan, Boulenger.
Rana sylvatica, Harlan, Holbrook, Storer, Dumeril and Bi-
bron, DeKay, Thompson, Allen. J^erril.
Length 2 inches. Color above yellowish gray, tinged with
brown on sides. Side of head, below lateral fold, including
tympanum, reddish brown. Lender parts yellowish white,
throat mottled with brown. A few spots of black on back and
sides, thre« or four transverse, dark bars on upper surface of
thighs. Tympanum small, m.arked below with whitish. Skin
of upper portion of body roughened with minute tubercles. A
fold of skin extends from eye posteriorly along side of body
to insertion of hind leg. Legs very long, hind legs about three
and one-half inches.
Woods, among damp fallen leaves. R. W. P. Coll.. three
specimens.
SUMlMARY.
Turtles 12
Lizards 3
Snakes 21
Salamanders 15
Frogs 10
Total 61
Roger Williams Park Museum
LIST OF MUSEUM MONOGRAPHS
1 Check-List of Coleoptera of R. 1. Davis 2Se.
2 Clieck-List of North American Unionidae Davis lOc.
3 Use of Kerosene Emulsion Sherman lOc.
4 The Making of an Herbariunn Clute 2Sc.
5 Check-List of R.I. Rotifera Howard X
6 Catocalae about Lonsdale R.I. Dearden X
7 Prov. Metropolitan Park Systenn Barker lOc.
8 Check-List of Rhode Island Minerals Davis ISc.
9 The Cainbrian Fossils of Attleboro Gorhann ISc.
10 The American Osprey Hathaway lOc.
1 1 Water Mites & how to collect them. Woleott lOc
12 Unios of New England Davis lOc.
13 Sphingidae of Rhode Island Dearden lOc.
14 Check-List of Rhode Island Birds Davis lOc.
15 Reptiles & Batrachians of R.I. Drowne 25c.
16 Spiders of Rhode Island Davis 10c.
17 Land Shells of North Amierica 25c.
