THE REPTILES OF OHIO 259 



Carroll CouNTi': Specht Marsh, Sec. 12, Washington Twp. (FWB). Cham- 

 paign County: Cedar Swamp, 5 mi. SSW of Urbana (DPLM 95.42; OSM 511; 

 UC; WED 314-22); Kiser Lake (DPLM). Erie County: 1.3 mi. NNW of Cas- 

 lalia (OSM 681). Geauga Cour;TY: Fern Lake, Burton Twp. (SL 778). Greene 

 County: Trebein, along tributary of Little Miami River (USNM 129C65). LiCKING 

 County: Cranberry Island, Buckeye Lake (OUVC 1324). Logan County: 1 mi 

 W of West Liberty (OSM 680). Richland County: Plymouth (SL 681). 



The Carroll County specimen is the first from ungLTciat;d Ohio. Clemmys 

 guttata is one of several species that are coinmon and widespread in the north- 

 eastern counties and which probably crossed the glacial boundary by making 

 use of the drainage system of Sandy Creek. 



In the interests of conservation it should be pointed out that there is now 

 a considerable number of spotted turtles in museum collections from the cedar 

 swamp in Champaign County. Clemmys is an interesting element in the 

 fauna of this relict boreal bog, and it would seem needless to deplete the popu- 

 lation further in this locality. 



There is a useful secondary se.x character in this species that is helpful in 

 distinguishing males from females. In adult males the horny portion of both 

 jaws is almost completely covered with dark grey pigment; in females the jaws 

 are light yellow. Pope (1939, 86) has summarized the sexual differences of 

 spotted turtles. 



One of the specimens from Champaign Cotmty (OSM 511) is the small- 

 est on record from the state. Its carapace measures 25.5 mm. (1 inch) in 

 length. 



Emys blandingii (Holbrook) 



Blanding's Turtle 



(Page 132; maps 32 and 70; plate 17, figs. 2 and 3 and plate 18, figs. 1 and 2) 



New records for Blanding's Turtle are: 



Allen County: Riley Creek at Bluff ton (OSM 849). Defiance County: Along 

 St. Joseph's River, Milford Twp. (OEE). LuCAS CoUNTY: Jerusalem Twp. (UMMZ 



86036). 



The record from Allen Countv may be open to question. Riley Creek is 

 part of the Maumee drainage system, but all other localities in northwestern 

 Ohio are either from the Maumee River or north of it. Further collecting 

 south of the master stream may eventually confirm the Bluffton record, but 

 the possibility must not be overlooked that OSM 849 mav be an escaped or 

 liberated turtle. 



In addition to the above, the Ohio State Museum has acquired another 

 specimen (OSM 731) from Westerville, Franklin County. This one and 

 OSM 189 (see page 133) are both large adults. Their presence in central 

 Ohio, so far from all other records in the state, could be most easily accounted 

 for by assuming that they were released there by human agency. This appar- 

 ently has been the case. Camin, who has made inquiry at Otterbein College 

 (situated at Westerville), advises me that, "Otterbein's Biology Department 

 has been buying fifty to one hundred turtles of miscellaneous species every 

 autum.n for several years. . . . They are used in zoology and comparative 

 anatomy courses during the fall and winter, and the surplus, a dozen or so 



