A spectrophotometric method is described for the determination of arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonicacid, and dimethylarsinic acid in biological and environmental samples. The arsenic species are volatilized to their corresponding arsines after reduction by sodium borohydride. The arsine and methylarsines form two different color complexes with silver diethyldithiocarbamate. By use of simultaneous spectrophotometric equations, the amount of each arsine can be determined. The quantitative limit is 1.0 ng of elemental As for all four arsenic species. Recoveries of 90-100% of all four arsenic species from albumin, plant extracts, plasma, urine, and water are reported. © 1979, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.