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George Jacobs GEORGE JACOBS RESEARCH ASSOCIATE DIVISION OF REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY SMITHSONIAN HERPETOLOGICAL INFORMATION SERVICE NO. 30 1975 Division of Reptiles 4 Amphibians National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC 2O56O i AFRICA Amphibia fam. to subsp. Oourmeque, Amsterdam reprnt 1572 Amnhic;ba(»nia sD. Gray, P.Z.S.Lond. 442, 1865 A:fnr(s::ner ?;ads) Lov^ridge, Occ. Pap.BostonS.N.H. 8=43, 1932 Thorn, Pans, I968 Caudata fam. to sp. adults & larva , „ ,, uj u c> -,.qc ,q7i Maxwell -Busack Ibid., transl. Bull.Md.Herp.Soc. I'-')^, 1971 Bull.M.C.Z. 115:l6l, Crvptodira fam. to subsp. Loveridge,W i 11 iams, 1957 Gymnophiona sp. Nieden, Si tz.Ak.Berl. 3=186, I9I2 gen., sp. Nieden, 37. Berlin, I913 fam. to sp. Taylor, Lawrence, Kans., I968 Serpentes fam. to sp. Villiers, IFAN, 2:1, I95O fam. to subsp. FitzSimons, An. Transv.Mus. 25:35, I966 Testudines gen. Schmidt, BuU.A.M. N.H. 39=385, 1919 Ablepharus sp. Werner, Denk.Ak.W ien 96:437, I919 Adenorhinos, Bitis, Atheris sp. diff. Marx, Rabb, Field. Zool. 44;l6l, I965 Acontias sp., subsp. Broadley, Greer, Arnold i 4:1, I969 Aeluroglena, Coronella, Coluber, Meizodor diff. Bogert, Bull. A .M. N.H, 77:107, I94O Agama sp. Werner, M i tt. Na t.Mus.Hamb. 30:1, I913 agama turuensis & a. elongis diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 7*'195» 1933 cyanogaster subsp. Klausewltz, Senck.Biol. 35=137j 195* Algiroides, Lacerta diff. Loveridge, Bull. M.C.Z. 91:235, 1942 Amblyodipses sp. Broadley, Occ.Pap.Nat.Mus. Rhodes ia 4:629, I97I Amphisbaena, Trogonophis Bipes, Leposternon gen. diff. Strauch, Bull. Ac. St. Peter. 11:355, 1882 Amphisbaen idae gen., sp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 87:351, 19*1 Werner, M tt.Mus.Hamb. 27:1, I9IO fam. diff. Gray, P.Z.S.Lond. 442, I865 Ancyclocranium barkeri, A. somalicum diff. Loveridge, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 59'73, 19*6 Aparallactus sp. Boulenger, An. Mag. N.H. l6:171, 1895 Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 95:119, 1944 P.Z.S. lineatus, anomalus, niger diff. Loveridge, Proc. New Eng. Zool. Club 17:49, 1938 after Boulenger Lond. 267, 1919 Arthroleptides sp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 79:1, I935 Arthroleptis sp. Boulenger, An. Mus. Genoa 42:157, I9O5-O6 Noble, Bull. A.M. N.H. 49:147, I924 ogoensis A roux i diff. Loveridge, P.Z.S.Lond. 763, 19^5 Aspidelaps scutatus subsp. Broadley, Arnoldia 4:1, I968 Atheris sp. Marx, Rabb, Field. Zool. 44:l6l, I965 Atheris, Bitis, Adenorhinos, sp. diff. Marx, Rabb, Filed. Zool. 44:l6l, I965 Atractaspis sp. Boulenger, An. Mus. Congo 2:7, I9OI; Werner, Mi tt. N.M.Hamb. 30:1, I913; Laurent, Mem.Roy.Sci.Nat.Belg. 38, I95O Bitis sp. Marx, Rabb, Field. Zool. 44:l6l, I965 Boaedon sp. Gunther, An. Mag. N.H. 1:322, 1885; Boolenger, An. Mus. Genoa, 32:5, I892 sp., subsp. Roux, Esteve, Gulbe, Bull. Mus. Nat. Paris 36:371, 1964 Boodon - see Boaedon Breviceps sp. Power, An.S.Af r.Mus. 20:451, I926 uluguruens is, rugosus, usambaricus diff. Barbour, Loveridge, Mem. M.C.Z. 5'''87, 1928 Brookesia sp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 106:175, I95I Brookesia, Chamaeleo, Rhampholeon diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 74:195, 1933; Boulenger, Cat. Liz., Hi, I887 Bufo sp. Boulenger, P.Z.S.Lond. 545, 1880; Noble, Bull. A .M. N.H. 49:147, I924 micranotis, anotis diff. Loveridge, P.Z.S.Lond. 763, 1925 Cacosternum sp. Hewitt, An. Natal Mus. 5:435, I926; inger, S.Af r.An im.L i fe, 6:510, I959 Calamelaps sp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 95:119, 1944 Cardioglossa sp. Noble, Bull.A .M.N.H. 49:147, 1924 Chaleides ocellatus subsp. Mertens, Senck. 3'll6, 1921 Chamaeleo sp. Werner, Zool.Jb. 15s295, I9O2 three horned sp. Rand, Breviora 99, 1958 bitaeniatus so. group Rand, Bull.M.C.Z. 130:1, I963 dilepis (males) subsp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 79:207, I936 Chamaeleo, Brookesia, Rhampholeon diff. Loveridge, Bull. M.C.Z. 7*'195, 1933 Chamaeleon idae gen., sp. Cray, P.Z.S.Lond. 465, 1864 gen. Werner, 27 Berlin, I9II Chamaeleont i dae - see Chamaeleon idae Chamaelyeus sp. deWitte, Copeia 634, I963 Chamaesaura sp. Boulenger, P.Z.S.Lond. 722, 189* Cherainella sp., Peltastes diff. Gray, P.Z.S.Lond. 6I5, I872 Chilorhinophis sp., subsp. Loveridge, Bull. M.C.Z. 106:175, I95I; Loveridge, 119:1, 1958 Chiromantis sp. Werner, Verh.Zool. Bot. Wien 72:62, 1922(1923); Noble, Bull. A. M.N.H. 49:147, 1924 Ahl, Zool.Anz. 80:27, I929; Ahl, S i tzFreundeBerl. 211, I93I Chlorophis sp. Schmidt, Bull.A .M.N.H. 49:1, I923; Hecht, Zool.Amz. 81:329, I929 - irregularis, heterolep idotus diff. Loveridge, Proc. A. N.S.Ph i la. 89:265, I937 see Boulenger P.Z.S.Lond. 193, 1915 Chlorophis, Philothamnus sp. Gunther, An. Mag. N.H. 15:526:1895 diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 119:1, I958 Cinixys mogueyi & belliana diff. Siebenrock, Sitz.Ak.Wjen 112:439, I9O3 Cnemaspis sp. Loveridge, P.Z.S.Lond. 8I7, I935; Angel, Bull.Mus.Na t. Par is 15:163, I943; Angel, Guibe, Lamotle, Mem. IFAN 40:371, I954 BuU.A .M.N.H. 77-1, igiO Coluber, Coronella, Meizodon, Aeluroglena diff. Bogert, I^IO Colubridae gen. grouped Bogert, Bull.A .M. N.H. 77:1, 2<), gen.,sp. deWitt. Mem. I nst.Roy.H.N.Belg. 1947 M.N.H. I967 Colubridae (based on Bogert's arrangement) gen. Aaron, Bull. A. 138:1, I96B Conraua sp. Lamotte, Perret, BuU.IFAN 30:1603, Cordyiidae gen. to subsp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 95:!, 194$ . _ „ , , /,„ P.Z.b.Lond. b4U, lee^, Rf-q Cordylosaurus, Platysaurus, Pleurostrichus, Gerrhosaurus diff. Gray, M.N.H. 1940 Coronella, Coluber, Meizodon, Aeluroglena diff. Bogert, Bull. A. 77:107, Crocodilidae - see Crocodylidae Crocodylidae gen., sp. Schmidt, Bull.A.M. N.H. 39:385, 19^9 Crocodilus - see Crocodylus Mem. IPAN 19^1 Crocodylus cataphractus & vulgaris, Osteolaemus tetraaspis diff. Monard, 1:1<;3, miloticus subsp. Deran yagala, Spol.Zeyl. 25:1, 1948 i 1^74 vulgaris i madagascari ens is, Philas Johnston! diff. Gray, P.Z.S.Lond. 177, Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia tornieri 4 hotamboeia diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 75:195, 1933 werneri shrevei & w. werneri diff. Loveridge, P.Z.S.Lond. 133'29, L959 Cyclamorbis, Emyda, Cycloderma diff. Siebenrock, Si tz.Ak.W ien 111:807, I9O2 Cycloderma, Cyclamorbis, Emyda diff. Siebenrock, Sitz.Ak.Wien 111:807, I9O2 Dasypeltis sp. Gans, An. Mus. Roy. Congo Belg. 7^=237, 1959 " see also Loveridge, Dendroaspis jamesoni iamesoni i j. kaimosae diff. Pitman, Uganda J. 5:93, 1937 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 49:63, I936 Dromophis sp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 95:119, 1944 Duberria sp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 95:119, 1944 lutrix lutrix 4 1. shiranum diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 74:195, 1933 Echis sp. Strauch, Mem.Ac.St .Petersb. 14:1, I869 Elapsoidea sunderwalli subsp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 95'115> 19^'' Emyda, Cyclanorbis, Cycloderma diff. Siebenrock, Sitz.Ak.Wien 111:807, I9O2 Eremias sp. Boulenger, P.Z.S.Lond. 920, I896 Eryx sp. Tsarewsky, An. Mus. St. Petersb. 20:340, I915 colubrinus subsp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 79'207, 193^ Eumeces sp. Taylor, Bull.U.Kans. 33'1> 1935 Feylinia sp. Schmidt, Bull. A .M. N.H. 39:385, I919 Gastropholis sp. Werner, Zool.Anz. 27:461, 1904 Gekkonidae gen., sp., subsp. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 98!l, 19^7 Gerrhosauridae gen., sp. Boulanger, Cat. Liz. IN, 1887; Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 89:483, 1942 Gerrhosaurus flavigularis subsp. Loveridge, P.Z.S.Lond. I3I, I92O - see also Schmidt, Bull.A.M. N.H. 39:385(579), 1919 major geek i 4 m. major diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 74:195, 1933 Gerrhosaurus, Pleurostrichus, Platysaurus, Cordylosaurus diff. Gray, P.Z.S.Lond. 640, I865 Glauconia - see Leptotyphlops Glauconidae - see Leptotyphlop i dae Grayia sp. Schmidt, Bull. A .M. N.H. 49:1, I923 Heleophryne sp. Hewitt, An. Natal Mus. 5:435, I926 Hemidactylus brookii goegraphic forms Loveridge, Copeia 245, 1941 Hemisus sp. Noble, Bull. A .M.N.H. 49:147, I924 marmoratum marmoratum 4 m. guineensis diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 7'''155» 1933 Holaspis guentheri laevis & g. guentheri diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. llo:141, 1953 Homopholis wahlbergii wahlbergii 4 w. arnoldi diff. Loveridge, Proc. Biol. Soc.Wash. 57'1» 19^* Homopsus sp. Siebenrock, Zool.Anz. 34:623, I9O9 Hylambates sp. Boulenger, An. Mus. Genoa 42:157, I9O5-O6; Noble, Bull. A .M. N.H. 49:147, I924 Hymenochyrus sp,, subsp. Arnoult, Lamotte, BuU.IFAN 30:270, I968 Hyperolius sp. Noble, Bull.A.M. N.H. 49:147, 1924; Ahl, Mi tt.Zool. Mus. Berl. 17:1, 1931 Ichnotropis sp. Schmidt, Bull. A. M.N.H. 39:385, I919 Ichnotropis capensis capensis 4 c. longipos diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 110:141, 1953 - see also FitzSimons, Transv.Mus.Mem. 1, 1943 llysiidae - see Anillidae Kassina sp. Noble, Bull.A.M. N.H. 49:147, I924 sp., subsp. Ahl, Zool.Anz. 88:277, I93O Kimixys beliana subsp. Laurent, Breviora I76, I962 Kinixys sp., Kinothorax diff. Gray, P.Z.S.Lond. I92, I863 Kinothorax, Kinixys sp. diff. Gray, P.Z.S.Lond. I92, I863 Lacerta sp. Schmidt, Bull. A .M. N.H. 39:385, I919 Lacerta (allied to L. muralis) sp. Boulenger, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 21:1, I9I6 Lacerta, Algiroides diff. Loveridge, Bull.M.C.Z. 91:235, I942 Lacertidae sp. Dungar, Niger. Field. 32:117, I967 Latastia sp. Werner, Mi tt.
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