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It is jKJSsible this locality refers to the Ohio River and that the specimens may have 

 been collected in western Kentucky or southern Illinois. 



Nalrix rhombifera (Hallowell). Diamond-Backed Water Snake. — Two speci- 

 mens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (No. 144) are labelled "Ohio." The 

 same applies to these as to the Nalrix c. c^clopion above. 



Nalrix sipedon fasciata (Linne), Banded Water Snake. — Morse (1904. 130) 

 records a single specimen of this water snake from Warren County. The sp>ecimen 

 (OSM 44) was examined, but the writer failed to find it exhibiting any characters 

 other than those which would identify it as Nalrix sipedon sipedon. 



Tropidoclonion linealum (Hallowell), LiNED Snake. — Recorded only from the 

 doubtful Hughes locality. This specimen (USNM 10088) has been examined and is 

 definitely Tropidoclonion although Hay (1892a, 592) states, "It (Tropidoclonion) has 

 been reported from Hughes, Ohio by Dr. Yarrow (1882, 131), but I am informed by 

 Dr. L. Steineger, of the National Museum, that the specimen so determined is a 

 Sloreria." Hay (loc. cit.) knows of no Indiana localities and gives Urbana, Illinois, 

 as the point nearest to Indiana where it has been collected. More recent writers 

 (Myers, 1926 and 1927 and Piatt, 1931) likewise do not include it in the fauna of 

 Indiana. 



Micrurus fulvius fulvius (Linne), Coral Snake. — A specimen, (CSNH 231) 

 bears the following data: "North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio." Some doubt as to 

 the accuracy of this locality is indicated in the statement of Butler (1892, 178-9). 

 This author mentions that the specimen was presented to the Cincinnati Society of 

 Natural History by Dr. John A. Warder and then goes on to say, "The record shows 

 it to be from Ohio. Dr. Warder's home was at North Bend and possibl\^ the specimen 

 came from there." 



Even though the locality may be correct it is felt that the chances of this specimen 

 having been transported and accidently introduced were good, especially at a time when 

 its dangerous nature was not so well known. Even such a competent authority as Cope 

 (1900, 1119) assumed that this species was "innocuous to man and the larger animals." 

 Butler (loc. cit.) reports a specimen from Milan, Ripley County, Indiana. 



It seems strange that no further specimens of this species have been found since 

 1892 m a region which is so well settled, which has so many campers and hikers and 

 where in recent years the Junior Society of Natural Sciences of Cincinnati has been 

 so active. For the above reasons and in view of the fact that there are no other 

 localities in the Ohio River basin for this species (other than the two mentioned above) 

 it is fell wisest to discount the single Ohio record. 



Kinoslernon subrubrum subrubrum (Lacepede), MuD Turtle. — This species is 

 known from Indiana (Hay, 1892a and Grant, 1935) and from western Pennsylvania 

 (specimens in the Carnegie Museum from Warrendale). There are no Ohio records 

 but it is entirely possible it may occur in the southern part of the state. 



ClemTn})s insculpla (Le Conte), Wood Turtle. — This turtle is known from several 

 localities in western Pennsylvania, some of them close to the Ohio border. It may 

 occur in northeastern Ohio but frequent search in that part of the state failed to reveal 

 it. There are a few specimens m the museum at Adelbert College, Western Reserve 

 University in Cleveland, which are reputed to be, at least in part, from the Kirtland 

 collection. None of these bear collecting data, however, except some marked "Penn- 

 sylvania." 



CleTnm\)s muhlenbergii (Schoepff), Muhlenberg's Turtle. — Netting (1927) has 

 recorded this species from the Pymatuning swamp near Linesville, Pennsylvania, and 

 since the publication of his paper the Carnegie Museum has acquired three additional 

 specimens from counties bordering eastern Ohio. It is probable that this species may 

 occur in tamarack bogs or in small clear streams in northeastern Ohio. 



Craplemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica (Gray), False Map Turtle. — 

 There is a single specimen (USNM 7751) from Columbus. This is a small individual 

 with a carapace length of 86 mm. Since great numbers of juveniles are sold in pet 

 stores this specimen may have been an escape. The false map turtle was kept in mind 



