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Proceedings of the United States National Museum SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • WASHINGTON, B.C. Volume 116 1965 Number 3505 HERPETOLOGY OF THE ZUNI MOUNTAINS REGION, NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO^ By Frederick R. Gehlbach^ Introduction In decided contrast to the amount of herpetological information available for other southwestern states, relatively little is known about amphibians and reptiles in New Mexico. Several taxonomic papers have dealt with members of the state herpetofauna, but none have treated local distribution and differentiation in detail. It is the intent of this study, and of others in progress, to describe the amphibians and reptiles of New Mexico by natural regions, with the aim of understanding local variation in morphology, distribution, and life history. Field observations and specimens obtained during portions of the summers of 1951, 1954, and 1955 constituted a prelimiuar}'^ survey of amphibian and reptilian species in northwestern New Mexico. Thereafter, emphasis was placed on the Zuni region as a biogeographic unit. Local studies of ecology and assumed gene flow were made 1 Modified from a master's thesis submitted to Cornell University, 1959. 2 Department of Biology, Baylor University, Waco, Texas. 243

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Herpetology of the Zuni Mountains Region, Northwestern New Mexico

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