Type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas

by William Edward Duellman; Barbara Berg

Lepidophyma reticulatum Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:551, fig. 14, October 15, 1955.

Holotype.—No. 36245, Agua Buena, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 25, 1954.

Paratypes.—Nos. 34189-34192, 3 kilometers east of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; September 1-8, 1947. No. 34193, San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; John Baker; July 7, 1952. Nos. 34194-34202, 34204, 15-17 kilometers west-southwest of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; John Baker and Edward H. Taylor; July 10, 1952. Nos. 36230-36237, 4-5 kilometers northwest of Tilarán, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 10-15, 1954. Nos. 36238-36244, 36246-36249, data same as on holotype.

Leposoma bisecta Taylor [= Leposoma southi southi Ruthven and Gaige, according to Ruibal (Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 106:482, 1952)], Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33:275, fig. 2, April 20, 1949.

Holotype.—No. 23801, 0.5 mile west of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 21, 1947.

Leposoma southi orientalis Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 37:546, October 15, 1955.

Holotype.—No. 36124, Volio, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; June 24, 1954.

Paratype.—No. 36125, same as on holotype.

Mabuya brachypoda Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 38:308, fig. 76, December 20, 1956.

Holotype.—No. 36258, 4 kilometers east-southeast of Tilarán, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 15, 1954.