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longs to this species. It is labeled "Velasco, Texas 

 coast." 



26. Eeetmochelys imbricata Linn. Hawk's-bill Turtle. 



Gulf of Mexico. Apparently rare. 



TRIONYCHID^ 



27. ASPIDONECTES PEROX Schweigger. Southern Soft- 



shelled Turtle. 

 This species is not uncommon in the eastern part 

 of the State, but has been generally overlooked by 

 collectors. In his North American Check-list, Yar- 

 row records a single specimen from Brownsville. In 

 the Baylor Museum, in a small local collection trans- 

 ferred from the Waco Y. M. C. A., is a small speci- 

 men, about eight inches in length, from Bullhide 

 Creek, McLennan County, the first that I had ever 

 seen from Texas. Later I obtained specimens in the 

 Brazos and Bosque Rivers near Waco and in the San 

 Jacinto River in Liberty County. 



28. ASPIDONECTES BMORYi Agassiz. Emory's Soft-shelled 



Turtle. 

 This is the common soft-shelled turtle of the 

 greater portion of Texas. Cope, in his report on the 

 reptiles of Northwestern Texas, states that it is very 

 abundant in streams in the plains region. Brown 

 records it from the vicinity of Pecos. Other pub- 

 lished records are Brownsville and New Braunfels 

 (Yarrow) , Dallas and Helotes Creek, Bexar County 

 (Cope), Williamson County (Agassiz) and San An- 

 tonio (Garman). 



SQUAMATA 



LARERTILIA 



EUBLEPHARID^ 



29. COLEONYX BREVIS Stejneger. Banded Gecko. 



This curious little lizard inhabits the entire trans- 

 Pecos region. Eastward in the Rio Grande Valley 



