ft , REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS OF THE MANDEL VENEZUELAN EXPEDITION BY KARL P. SCHMIDT Thanks to the interest of Messrs. Leon Mandel II and Fred L. Mandel, Jr., Mr. Emmet R. Blake, field collector for the Mandel Venezuelan Expedition, was enabled to continue work in Venezuela after the return of the yacht Buccaneer, which carried the expedition from Miami to the Orinoco. Mr. Blake's principal objective during this period was Mount Turumiquire, the most eastern outpost of the Venezuelan Andes in the Department of Sucre. While Mr. Blake's primary interest was in the collecting of birds, he preserved ninety-two specimens of reptiles and amphibians. These prove to represent twenty-four species of which no less than nine are new to Field Museum's collections, while two are new to science. The new frog has been named Phyllobates mandelorum, in honor of Messrs. Mandel, and the new lizard, Anadia blakei, associates Mr. Blake's name with the Mount Turumiquire fauna, to the knowledge of which he has made an effective contribution. AMPHIBIA Bufo marinus marinus (Linnaeus). An adult from Cumana and one from Cumanacoa represent the typical northern form of Bufo marinus, which lacks the elongate tibial gland characteristic of specimens from southern Brazil. Three freshly transformed individuals were collected at Cocollar, at an altitude of 3,600 feet. Leptodactylus bolivianus Boulenger. Three specimens from Cocollar. Eleutherodactylus gollmeri (Peters). Nine specimens, six from an altitude of 6,000 feet and three from 8,000 feet on Mount Turumiquire. Identification of these specimens is provisional, requiring check against topotypes from Caracas. Eleutherodactylus bicumulus (Peters). One specimen from altitude of 6,000 feet on Mount Turumiquire. This identification also requires checking against the type or topo-typical material. 159
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