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Pseudemys elegans, Wiecl. 

 Frequent in sloughs. 



Pseudemijs iroostii, Holbrook. 



Kare. Three examples from Moss lake, on Loncj Island, in the 

 river. A strong, irritable species. 



Mud Tuktle {Malacoclemmys Aesneuri, Gray). 



Equally common with the next species and much like it in 

 habit. The two are not discriminated by river men, and are 

 known to them as mud thirties. Observed in most of the 

 sloughs and in the river and bay. 



Mud Turtle {Malacoclemmys geographicus, Lesueur). 



This and the preceding species probably constitute more than 

 half of the turtles which one sees oh the partly submerged trunks 

 of trees and on sunny banks along the river and sloughs. Scores 

 may be seen on bright days sunning themselves on the edges of 

 the log rafts in the upper part of the bay. They are not used 

 as food, though it is sometimes claimed that the flesh is palatable. 



Alligator Snapper (Macrochelys laceriina, Schw. ). 



This species is said by fishermen and sportsmen to occur here 

 occasionally. 



Snapping Turtle {Chelydra. serpeniina, Linn.). 



Occasional in sloughs and lakes. Those taken were large and 

 very fat. It is prized as food. 



Soft-Shell Turtle {Aspidonectes spinifer, Lesueur). 



Abundant in river and not uncommon in the sloughs. Fishermen 

 sell readily those caught in their seines. 

 Soft-Shell Turtle {Amyda mtdira, Lesueur). 



Common in the river, but less abundant in sloughs than the pre- 

 ceding. Eeaches a length of 8 to 10 inches. It is used as food. 



AMPHIBIANS. 



Amphibians evidently cannot maintain themselves on these bot- 

 tom-lands. They were very rare; and probably the few seen had 

 made their way in from the higher laud within the levee. A few 

 half-grown leopard frogs {Rana virescens, Kalm) were taken in 

 the woods under logs, and at the edges of sloughs. One full 

 grown example was taken at the edge of Glaus Lake August 10. 

 A single R. caieshiana, Shaw, was heard within the levee in Bear 

 Creek. The cricket frog {Acris gryllus, LeConte ) was frequently 

 seen at the edges of the water, but was by no means common. Two 

 young toads about half an inch long were taken at the edii:e of Lily 

 Lake August 7, and another example 1.25 inch long was taken August 

 15 at the edge of AVillow Slough. The former had probably grown 



