1917] Grinnell-Camp: Amphibians and Reptiles of California 199 
Tyre Locauiry.—Tropiecal Pacific and Indian oceans. 
Rance.—Ocean off southern coast. Three known instances of 
capture: Santa Barbara (two specimens), and off Point Loma, San 
Diego County (one specimen) (Van Denburgh, Proe. Calif. Acad. 
Sci., ser. 3, zool., 4, 1905, pp. 51-60, pls. 9-11). 
Suborder LAMINIFERA 
Family TESTUDINIDAE 
Subfamily Emyprmvar 
Clemmys marmorata (Baird and Girard) 
Pacific Mud Turtle 
ORIGINAL DEscriIPTION.—E mys marmorata Baird and Girard, Proe. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 6, 1852, p. 177. 
Type Locauiry.—Puget Sound. 
Synonyms.—Emys nigra Hallowell, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., 
7, 1854, pp. 91-92 (type from ‘‘Posa Creek, Lower California’’ 
[= Poso Creek, Kern County?]|); Actinemys marmorata; Clemmys 
Wosnessenskyt Strauch, Mem. Acad. Imper. Sei. St. Petersb., ser. 7, 5, 
no. 7, 1862, pp. 114-117, pl. opp. p. 196 (type from Rio Sacramento, 
California) ; Chelopus marmoratus. 
Common Names.—Western Pond Turtle; Pacifie Terrapin; Cali- 
fornia Terrapin; California Mud Turtle; Western Terrapin; Water 
Turtle. 
Ranee.—Most of the streams on the Pacifie watershed, the whole 
length of the state. Has been reported east to Pit River [in Shasta 
County?] (Townsend, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 10, 1887, p. 237); to 
6 miles east of Coulterville, 2800 feet altitude, in Mariposa County 
(Mus. Vert. Zool.) ; to South Fork of Kern River, 25 miles above 
Kernville, in Kern County (Stejneger, N. Amer. Fauna, 7, 1893, p. 
162) ; and to Mohave River, in San Bernardino County (Cooper, Amer. 
Nat., 3, 1870, p. 189); and south to San Diego, San Diego County 
(Yarrow, U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull., 24, 1882, pp. 7, 36). 
Subfamily TesTuDININAE 
Testudo agassizli (Cooper) 
Desert Tortoise 
OriGgInaL DeEscripTion.—NXerobates agassizii Cooper, Proe. Calif. 
Acad. Sei., 2, 1863, pp. 120-121. 
