WCP794

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Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon

Oct^r. 29th. 1879

My dear Percival Wright¹

Many thanks for your notes which are just what I want. I have been over them with Gunther² at the B. M. [British Museum] & he has given me the range of all. & the names of the snakes. The only thing we cannot make out are the two Caecilias. They have none from you in the Museum, & in the Catalogue, C. rostrata is from S. America (& the Seychelles in the Paris Museum), while C. oxyura is only noted from Malabar.

Can you tell me who has your specimens & whether they have been determined by comparison with the Indian & S. American [2] types of these two species, as oif so it will be one of the most interesting cases Geog. Dist. known.

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P.S. Can you or any of your colleagues tell me if the following reptiles & amphibia are admitted to be natives of the Ireland as recorded in Bell.

1. Zootoca vivipara

2. Bufo calamita — S. W. of Ireland

3. Lissotriton punctatus yes³

4. [Lissotriton] palmipes —?

A.R.W