Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians / by Junius Henderson and John Peabody Harrington.

  • Henderson, Junius, 1865-1937.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians / by Junius Henderson and John Peabody Harrington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Coj)(>' recognizes woodhousei and records it from other localities in \ew Mexico, but not 'rom these two places or from anywhere iji our area, ami ])reserves Yarrow’s americanus record at Plaza del Alcalde. Miss Dickei-son ^ raises americanus to a full species, and says it “is the common toad east of the Pocky Mountains from Mexico to the Great Bear Lake,” while she leaves woodhousei as a subspecies of lentiginosus and says it is “the common toad of the Kocky Mountain region,” haA-ing been reported from a number of States, including New Mexico. Ruthven ® says it is the “common toad of the Great Plains and Great Basin region.” Our San Ildefonso Indian informants reported “two kinds of frogs” m the region of the Rito de los Frijoles, one of which is found m the water, the other being larger and flatter and is found “jump- ing ” about on land. Probably the latter is a toad. As Bufo cognatus Say is reported from Colorado, Kansas, and Arizona, it may extend across New Mexico, or at least be found in the northern portion. X Rana pipiens Schreber. Leopard Frog. Frogs were recorded at Taos, Abiquiu, and Santa Fe under the name Rana haledna berlandieri (Kahn) Cope, and at Taos under the name Rana haledna haledna (Kahn) Cope, by Yarrow.^ Cope after- ward transferred these records to Rana virescens brachycephala Cope.® Miss Dickeinon ® says virescens is Schreber’s pipiens, which she is unable to separate into subspecies. Further study of this variable frog, based on large quantities of fresh material from widely sepa- rated and numerous locahties, is deshable. We saw several frogs at El Rito de los Frijoles, but unfortunately obtained none. (See note on Rocky Mountam toad, page 52.) SALAMANDERS, FROGS, TOADS The Tewa appear to have but one name for all species of sala- manders, and but one name for aU species of frog-s and toads. Po'qws^' means salamander. The first syllable is clearly the word meaning ‘water.’ P'i'ykwqy is apphed to frogs and toads. Tadpoles are called p'^'-glcuTcede in the San Juan dialect, and either po'salcede or p^^'ypw- Tce-ie in the San Ildefonso dialect. The etymology of these words is not clear. It was thought by one informant that the tadpole’s tail drops off. • Cope, E. D., op. clt., pp. 281-88. 2 Dickerson, Mary C., The Frog Book, pp. 03, 91-92, New York, 1900. 2 Ruthven, A. G., A Collection of Reptiles an<l Amphibians from Soittliern New Mexico and Arizona^ Bull. Amer. Mut. Nat. Hist, xxin, p. 509, 1907. * Yarrow, H. C., Check-List, op. cit., p, 181, ‘ Cope, E. D., op. cit., pp. 4ftT-04. «Dickerson, Mary C., op, clt., p. 171,