Abstract

Observations and collections of the reptiles and amphibians occurring in Hardy County, West Virginia, have been carried on for a period of nine years, from March 1938 until March 1947. The total collection assembled during this period consists of 1,916 specimens representing 49 species and subspecies. Eumeces laticeps and Clemmys guttata have been recorded from Jefferson County and should be sought for in this region. Acris crepitans is known from Hampshire County. Natrix semptemvitta has been collected in Rockingham County, and Pituophis melanoleucus melanolecus from nearby Shenandoah County, Virginia. Desmognathus ochrophaeus ochrophaeus and Pseudacris brachyphona are possibilities.

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