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gheny River at Foxburg, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, and upon which 



Netting (1944) has reported. New Ohio records are: 



Scioto County: Scioto River, Rush Twp. (SL 459). Tuscarawas County: 

 Tuscarawas River, 2 mi. below Gnadenhutten (OSM 868) ; near Winfield (MCZ 

 42205). Wood reports this species from Pike Lake, Pike County. 



On page 156 of this volume there is a quotation from Muller (1921) in 

 which it is stated that a female Amyda vnitica excavated her nest with her 

 "forepaws." Pope (1939, 321) believes that Muller is in error, inasmuch as 

 all other turtles, in so far as is known, dig their nests with their hind limbs. 

 I heartily agree with Pope. 



Amyda spinifera spinifera (Le Sueur) 

 Spiny Soft-Shelled Turtle 



(Page 157; maps 38 and 76; plate 21, fig. 1 and plate 22, figs. I and 2) 



Three subspecies of Amyda spinifera are currently recognized (Conant 

 and Goin, 1948) . The race that occurs in Ohio (spinifera) ranges from Lakes 

 George and Champlam westward through the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes 

 drainage systems to southern Michigan and thence to west central Wisconsin; 

 southward it is found in Ohio and Mississippi drainages from western Penn- 

 sylvania and eastern Tennessee west to the Mississippi River. Through a 

 broad zone borderisig the latter, spinifera intergrades with hartwegi, a race that 

 ranges westward to Montana, Wyoming, and the Oklahoma panhandle; hart- 

 wegi is characterized by the small size of the circular markings (ocelli) on the 

 carapace which may be reduced to mere dots and specks. The third subspecies, 

 aspera, is found in the Southeast; in it there are two or more broken dark 

 lines bordering the rear margin of the carapace, and the pcstocular and post- 

 labial light lines usually meet on the side of the head. From the above it is 

 obvious that the general range shown on page 158 is no longer of much value. 

 New Ohio records are: 



Ashland County: Black Fork, Sec. 27, Green Twp. (SL 389). Athens Coun- 

 ty: Hocking River, near Athens (HTG) ; near Fisher, Alexander Twp. (OUVC 

 2052 — 9 specs.). Butler County: Oxford (MU). Coshocton County: Walhond- 

 ing River, below Dam #6 (SL 460). Defiance County: Auglaize River, Shawnee 

 Scout Camp, Defiance Twp. (OSM 730). Greene County: Huffman Dam (DPLM 

 139.42). Medina County: Hinckley Lake (CZP). Montgomery Counts': Mad 

 River, Dayton (Wood and Duellman. 1947b); Miami River, Dayton (DPLM 86.44, 

 376.44); Stillwater River, Dayton (WED 199). ViNTON CoUNTY : Lake Hope 

 (OUVC 1867). Warren County: Fort Ancient (UC). Williams County: West 

 Branch, St. Joseph River, Sec. 8, Bridgewater Twp. (SL 787). 



The following localities, some reported by Wood and others by Gier, may be added 

 to the list: Jackson County: Jackson Lake. Meigs Counts': Shade River, below 

 Darwin. MlAMl CoUNTY: Miami River, above Troy. Ross CouNTY: Paint Creek, 

 near Bainbridge. ViNTON County : Lake Alma. 



Wood saw a number of these turtles on a gravel bar in the Miami River 

 below the Main Street Bridge, right in the heart of Dayton. Seven of them, 

 including two large ones with carapaces each about a foot in length, were lying 

 along the edge of the bar during midafternoon on June 8, 1944, all apparently 

 oblivious to the traffic passing above them. An eighth turtle hovered off the 



