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6. CiNOSTEENUM FLAVESCENS Agossz. Yellow Mud Tur- 



tle. 

 This species has a v?ide distraution, its range cov- 

 ering all but the extreme easten section of the State. 

 It is the tank turtle of the Pahbndle, the trans-Pecos 

 region and the southwestern eunties. It is not un- 

 common as far east as Wacoput does not seem to 

 range much further than the razos river lowlands. 

 Hon. J. D. Mitchell has sent m specimens from Vic- 

 toria, but I have seen neither jecimens nor records 

 from the eastern Rio Grand Valley, although it 

 probably ranges through th whole of Southern 

 Texas. 



7. CiNOSTERNCM HENRici Le Coni Henry's Mud Turtle. 



Trans-Pecos Texas, rangi' east of the Pecos 

 River, crossing the Edwards'lateau almost to San 

 Antonio. Cope records thispecies from Medina, 

 Medina County. Mr. Brimleias received specimens 

 from El Paso, and the Baylo*Iuseum collection con- 

 tains one from the same lo<itj'. 



8. Aeomochelys tristycha Assiz. Southern Musk 

 « Turtle. 



This turtle is probably, ^Ir. Brimley suggests, a 

 mere variety of AromocVS odoratus Bosc, and 

 many specimens are hardiistinguishable from that 

 species. It is supposed to'^^ays differ from odoratus 

 by having the carapace 're elongated, the central 

 shield of the plastron n'^^er, and a sKghtly differ- 

 ent coloration, especial'-bout the head. My exper- 

 ence would indicate tb^iiusk turtles were not very 

 common animals in TS. while on the other hand 

 the species of Ct/ios^wm are wonderfully abun- 

 dant. The southern sk turtle is distributed over 

 Eastern Texas, rani? west to the granite country 

 in Llano and Bumr-ounties and south into Bexar 

 and Medina counti In some localities it is associ- 

 ated with Aremods carivxitua Gray. 



