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Feet heavily dotted, streaked or mottled with yellowish and oHve grey or 

 black. A broad yellow band, bordered with black, on either side of the tail. 

 Under surface of legs and tail yellow. 



Juveniles similar to adults but paler and with the markings occasionally 

 somewhat indistinct. Canthus rostralis most pronounced in very small speci- 

 mens. 



Specimens examined, 71; specimens preserved, 41; specimens studied, 26. 



Range. — Mississippi River and tributaries, west to Colorado and Montana, 

 east through the drainage systems of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. 

 Lawrence River to Vermont. 



The spiny soft-shelled turtle is widely distributed in Ohio although it 

 appears to be rather less abundant in the eastern counties than in the western 

 ones (Map 38). Locality records follow: 



Ashland County: Long Lake, Lake Twp. (OSM 143). Auglaize County: 

 Pusheta Creek, W of Wapakoneta (TZS 360). Brown County : White Oak Creek, 

 1 mi. N of Higginsport (TZS 1872, 2151-2). CHAMPAIGN CoUNTY: Mad River, 

 4 mi. SW of Urbana (TZS 1949). Erie County: Huron (OC) ; Sandusky (Morse, 



Map 38. Ohio locality records and general 

 range of the Spiny Soft-Shelled Turtle, 

 Amyda spinifera. 



