ALABAMA AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES, 47 



Alabama records : Included on the stren^h of the 

 range given in the Stejneger-Barbour check list : "Flori- 

 da and Gulf Coast." 



GENUS: CARETTA, Rafinesque. 



CARETTA KEMPII (Garman) Siebenrock 



{Thalasochelys or Lepidochelys kempii) 



Kemp's Loggerhead Turtle, Bastard Turtle 



Type locality : Gulf of Mexico. 



General distribution : Northeastern part of Gulf of 

 Mexico and north to Cape Hatteras, or occasionally to 

 Massachusetts. 



Alabama records : Mississippi Sound (J. A. Joulli- 

 an).* All our sea turtles are much esteemed as food. 



FAMILY : TRIONYCHIDAE 



GENUS: AMYDA, Oken. 



AMYDA FEROX (Schneider) Oken {Platypeltis or Trionyx ferox) 

 Southern Soft- Shell Turtle 



Type locality: Savannah River, Georgia. 



General distribution : South Carolina to Florida and 

 Louisiana. 



Alabama records : One specimen from Fig Island, 

 Mobile county. Occasionally reported from the Warrior 

 River in Tuscaloosa County. 



This turtle is edible. 



AMYDA SPINIFERA (LeSueur) Hurter 

 Spiny Soft-Shelled Turtle 



Type locality : Wabash River, New^ Harmony, Ind. 



General distribution : In rivers, Vermont and Penn- 

 sylvania to Montana and Colorado. 



Alabama records: Tombigbee River near Demopolis 

 (E. T. Norman, July 31, 1922). 



*Loggerhead turtles are reported from the Warrior and Alabama 

 Rivers by fishermen and others, but they can hardly be this 

 marine species. Presumably the snapping turtle is mistaken for it, 

 See Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 17:320, 1895. R. M. H. 



