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Acknowledgments We thank Aaron M. Bauer, Charles J. Cole, Alan de Queiroz, Harry W. Greene, Peter A. Holm, John B. Iverson, Joseph R. Mendelson 111, James F. Parham, Tod W. Reeder, Hobart M. Smith, and Van Wallach for clarifying amphibian and reptilian taxonomy; Harry W. Greene and Theodore J. Papenfuss for encouragement and discussions; Roy W. McDiarmid, Christopher J. Bell, Barbara R. Stein, and James L. Patton for valuable comments on earlier versions of the manuscript; and Robert C. Stebbins, William Z. Lidicker Jr., John R. Wieczorek, Elizabeth J. Holland, E. Anne Caulfield, Lorna Fay, Carla Cicero, Millicent Morris-Chaney, Joan Lubenow, Luis F. Garcia, Kraig Adler, Dale R. McCullough, Alex Yu, Francisco F. Pedroche, and Amy E. Jess for information and assistance. ... X l l l This page intentionally left blank ...

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