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~Oedipina alleni~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 36:607, fig. 3, June 1, 1954.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 34926, Palmar, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; September 2, 1952.

~Oedipina bonitaensis~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34:762, pl. 86, fig. 3, text fig. 8, February 15, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 29972, Volcán Poás, 6 miles west of Isla Bonita, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; August 3, 1947.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 29973 and 29974, data same as on holotype.

~Oedipina cyclocauda~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34:764, pl. 87, fig. 4, text fig. 9, February 15, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 25066, Los Diamantes, 1 kilometer east of Guápiles, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; September 1-8, 1947.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 25038-25065, data same as on holotype.

~Oedipina gracilis~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34:773, February 15, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 29969, Los Diamantes, 1 kilometer east of Guápiles, Limón Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor and Richard C. Taylor; September 8, 1947.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 29968 and 29970, data same as on holotype.

~Oedipina inusitata~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34:277, pl. 87, fig. 3, text fig. 13, February 15, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 29964, 3 miles northeast of Santa Cruz, south slope of Volcán Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 9, 1947.

~Oedipina longissimus~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34:771, pl. 87, fig. 5, text fig. 11, February 15, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 29963, Cervantes, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 9, 1947.

~Oedipina pacificensis~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 34:775, pl. 87, fig. 2, text fig. 12, February 15, 1952.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 29965, 2 miles east of San Isidro del General, San José Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 23, 1947.

~Oedipina serpens~ Taylor, Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull., 33:286, April 20, 1949.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 23815, Morehouse Finca, 5 miles southwest of Turrialba, Cartago Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; July 2, 1947.

~Oedipina syndactyla~ Taylor, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 61:179, November 12, 1948.

HOLOTYPE.--No. 29962, Volcán Poás, 4 miles west of Isla Bonita, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica; Edward H. Taylor; August 5, 1947.

NOTE.--This specimen was listed by Taylor (1948:179) as No. 843. This is the E. H. Taylor field number; subsequently the specimen was catalogued as KU 29962.

~Thorius minutissimus~ Taylor, Amer. Mus. Novitates, 1437:5, figs. 1-2, December 7, 1949.

PARATYPE.--No. 28080, Santo Tomás Tecpán, Oaxaca, México; Thomas C. MacDougall, 1948.

NOTE.--Received in exchange; formerly this specimen was American Museum of Natural History No. A 53930.

~Typhlotriton nereus~ Bishop, Copeia, 1944(1):1, figs. 1-3, April 21, 1944.

PARATYPES.--Nos. 16036-16038, 16043-16045, near Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas; Wallace Lane and William McNown; March 26, 1932. No. 16199, York Springs, Imboden, Lawrence County, Arkansas; Byron C. Marshall; February, 1930: Nos. 16350, 16352-16354, 16357-16360, near Riverton, Cherokee County, Kansas; Edward H. Taylor; March 26, 1932.

NOTE.--Nos. 16350, 16352-16354, 16357-16360 were listed erroneously by Bishop (1944:1-2) as being from Galena, Cherokee County, Kansas.

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