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5. Macroclemys lacertina (Schweig. ). Alligator Snapper. 

 Numerous in Reelfoot Lake. This is the " Chelonura Tem- 



minekii" of Troost's list. It is probably found throughout west 

 Tennessee in the larger streams. 



6. Amyda mutica (Xe S. ). Leather Back Turtle. 



This is Troost's " Trionyx milieus' ' in the list of Tennessee 

 reptiles. 



7. Aspidonectes nuchalis Agass. Tennessee Soft-shelled Turtle. 

 The types of this species came from the Cumberland river near 



Nashville and young of the same are recorded by Agassiz from the 

 headwaters of the Tennessee River. I observed an Aspidonectes, 

 perhaps this species, in the Tennessee River at the junction of the 

 Holston and French Broad. 



The validity of this species is not well established. 



The "Trionyx ferox" of Troost's list refers chiefly to A. spinifervs 

 which was then confounded with ferox. 



Order SAURIA. 



8. Ophisaurus ventralis (L.). Joint Snake. 



Recorded by Troost, and likely to be found in Tennessee anywhere, 

 west of the higher mountains. 



9. ?Phrynosoma cornutum (Hark). Horned Toad. 



This is given on the authority of Troost' s list. I am not aware of 

 any record east of the Mississippi River. Troost's record may have 

 been based on a specimen escaped from captivity, as it is impossible 

 he could have mistaken some other Tennessee reptile for this char- 

 acteristic species. 

 10. Anolis carolinensis (Dum. Bibr. ). Carolina Chameleon. 



I was frequently told of the presence of this species in western, 

 middle and southeastern Tennessee. Troost records it. After con- 

 siderable search through the literature I am best satisfied to discard 

 Linnaeus's name principalis which Dumeril and Bibron have gone 

 to considerable pains to prove was probably applied to this animal. 

 Cuvier did not apply a binomial to it, as is implied by Dumeril and 

 Bibron. 



