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centr.): M. Morelet. Am6\ septentr. cf9 ?Vallee de la Madeleine 

 (N. Grenade), ad. et j. age: M. J. Goudot. Santa-Fe de Bogotd 

 (N. Grenade): M. Lewy, V. V. Velins No. 38." Here restricted to 

 Cosamaloapam, Veracruz. 



Range. — Atlantic slopes of southern Mexico south of central 

 Veracruz; recorded from the states of Puebla, Veracruz, Tabasco, 

 Campeche, and Chiapas; records from Yucatan and Cozumel Island 

 presumably are referable to K. creaseri and K. cruentatum consors. 

 Ranges through Central America to northern South America. 



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KINOSTERNON SONORIENSE LeConte 



Kinosternum sonoriense LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1854, p. 184. 

 Thyrosternum sonoriense, Agassiz, Contributions to the natural history of the 



United States, vol. 1, 1857, p. 428; vol. 2, pi. 5, figs. 8-11 {Cinosiernum 



sonoriense LeConte). 

 Kinosternon sonoriense, Stejneger, Proc. U. S, Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, p. 149. — 



Van Denburgh, Occ. Pap. California Acad. Sci., No. 10, 1922, pp. 967-970, 



pis. 120-121. 

 tCinosternon ■punctalum Or at. Catalogue of the shield reptiles in the British 



Museum, 1855, p. 45, pi. 20c, figs. 5, 6 (type in Brit. Mus.; "North America," 



here restricted to Tucson, Ariz.). 



Type. — Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. 



Type locality. — Tucson, Ariz. 



Range. — Sonora, Chihuahua, and Durango (Durango); in the 

 United States: southeastern California, southern Arizona, New 

 Mexico to western Texas. 



Genus CLAUDIUS Cope 



Claudius Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1865, p. 187. 



Genotype. — Claudius angustatus Cope. 



Range. — Restricted to the Atlantic coast from Veracruz to British 

 Honduras. 

 Species. — One. 



CLAUDIUS ANGUSTATUS Cope 



Claudius angustatus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1865, pp. 187, 



189. — BocouRT, Mission scientifique au Mexique . . ., fitudes sur les 



reptiles, livr. 1, 1870, pp. 20-21, pi, 4 (color). 

 Claudius megalocephalus Bocourt, Ann. Sci. Nat., ser. 5, vol. 10, 1868, p. 122 



(type locality, Mexico, here restricted to Tabasco; type in Mus. Hist. Nat. 



Paris) . 



Type.— U.S. ]<l.M. Nos. 6518, 6525. 

 Type locality. — Tabasco. 



Range. — Veracruz southward to British Honduras. Recorded in 

 Mexico from the states of Veracruz, Tabasco, and Campeche. 



