NOTES OK REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS COLLECTED IN 

 FLORIDA IN 1892 AND 1893. 



By EiNAR LCRNNBERG, Ph. D., 

 University of Upsala, Sweden. 



The following notes are based upon a collection made during a sojourn 

 in Florida from September, 1892, to July, 1893, during which time I 

 wasengaged in general zoological collecting and research. The list con- 

 tains the greater majority of the species recorded from that part of the 

 United States, besides a number of additions to the herpetological 

 fauna of Florida. The distribution of other species within the penin- 

 sula has been extended, or better detined. The biographical notes may 

 not contain any strikingly new facts, but as such observations are not 

 very commonly recorded, and as mine are based on personal experience 

 they may possess some value as corroborative evidence. 



I wish, finally, to express my grateful acknowledgment for kind 

 assistance received from the authorities of the U. S. National Museum. 



REPTILIA. 

 TESTUDINES. 



PLATYPELTIS FEROX ( S c li u e i d e r ). 



The soft-shelled turtle abounds in all lakes and ponds in south Florida. 

 It is caught with nets and seine and readily takes the hook. It is very 

 savage and bites ferociously. 



DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA (L i n u iv u s ). 



This turtle seems to be known to some of the people living at Key 

 West, but it is very rare. I have only seen one specimen in Florida, 

 which had been caught near St. Augustine. 



CHELONIA MYDA8 ( L i u u ie n s ). 



Green turtles are still common along the coast of south Florida, but 

 the time of extermination will soon come, as they are caught in great 



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