Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net ================================= UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Volume 15, No. 5, pp. 205-249, pls. 7-10, 6 figs. -------------- October 4, 1963 -------------- Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Petén, Guatemala BY WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE 1963 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PUBLICATIONS, MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Editors: E. Raymond Hall, Chairman, Henry S. Fitch, Theodore H. Eaton, Jr. Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 205-249, pls. 7-10, 6 figs. Published October 4, 1963 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Lawrence, Kansas PRINTED BY JEAN M. NEIBARGER, STATE PRINTER TOPEKA, KANSAS 1963 [Illustration: Printer's Logo] 29-5935 Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Petén, Guatemala BY WILLIAM E. DUELLMAN CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 207 Acknowledgments 208 DESCRIPTION OF AREA 208 Physiography 209 Climate 209 Vegetation 209 GAZETTEER 210 THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE RAINFOREST 211 Composition of the Fauna 212 Ecology of the Herpetofauna 212 Relationships of the Fauna 217 ACCOUNTS OF SPECIES 218 HYPOTHETICAL LIST OF SPECIES 246 SUMMARY 247 LITERATURE CITED 247 INTRODUCTION