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FAMILY : KINOSTERNIDAE 



GENUS: KINOSTERNON, Spix. (Also spelled Cinosternum.) 



KINOSTERNON CARINATUM (Gray) Stejneger & Barbour 



{Arovwchelys carinata, Gray; A tristycha Agassiz) 



Keeled Musk Turtle 



Type locality: Louisiana. 



General distribution : Western Georgia to Louisiana. 



Alabama records : Tuscaloosa and Talladega counties, 

 Sepulga River, between Butler and Conecuh counties, 

 Saraland, Mobile County (Hurter, as K. tristychum.) 



KINOSTERNON ODORATUM (Latreille) Gray 



{Aromochelys or Sternothoei~vbs odoratus) 



Common Mud Turtle, Stink Pot 



Type locality: Carolina. 



General distribution : Eastern and Southern United 

 States, west to western Missouri and southern Texas. 



Alabama records : Barbour County ; Kelly's Pond. 

 Mobile County. 



KINOSTERNON SUBRUBRUM SUBRUBRUM (Lacepede) 



( Cinosternum pennsylvayiicum) 

 Common Mud Turtle, Stink Pot 



Type locality: Pennsylvania 



General distribution : Eastern United States, exclus- 

 ive of peninsular Florida, west to Indiana, southeastern 

 Illinois and Tennessee. 



Alabama records : Barbour County, very common ; 

 Mobile and Baldwin counties. 



KINOSTERNON SUBRUBRUM HIPPOCREPIS (Gray) 

 Stejneger & Barbour 



Type locality: New Orleans, Louisiana. 



General distribution : Southern Alabama to South- 

 eastern Missouri and Texas. 



Alabama records : None. Inserted on the authority 

 of Stejneger and Barbour, who give the above range for 

 it. 



