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85. Terrapene ornata (Agassiz) Painted Box Tortoise 



Cistudo ornata Agassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S. Vol. I, 



1857, p. 445. 

 This box tortoise has been collected at San Antonio and 

 Helotes. 



86. Pseudemys elegans (Wied) Elegant Terrapin : Cooter 



Emys elegans Wied,Reise Nord-Amer., Vol. 1, Pt. 4, 



1838, p. 213. 

 This cooter is common in all the rivers and streams in 

 Bexar County. Garni caught several in the St. Louis College 

 natatorium. 



87. Pseudemys texana Baur Texas Terrapin 



Pseudemys texana Baur,Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., Vol. 31, 



July 1893, p. 223. 

 Baur's type of this species came from San Antonio. Mar- 

 nock collected it in Helotes Creek. 



88. Gopherus berlandieri (Agassiz) Texas Gopher 



Xerobates berlandieri Agassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., 



Vol. 1, 1857, p. 447. 

 The gopher tortoise occurs but must be rare. Mr. Mar- 

 nock collected it near San Antonio but it seems to have been 

 overlooked by the other collectors. 



89. Amyda emoryi (Agassiz) Emory's Soft-shell Turtle 



Aspidonectes emoryi Agassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., 



Vol. 1, 1857, P- 4°7- 

 Common in the rivers and streams throughout the county. 



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90. Amphiardis inornatus Carman Carman's Snake 



Virginia inornatus Carman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 



Vol. 8. Ft- 3. 1883, p. 97. 

 In Copeia, No. 104, March 20, 1922, Dr. John Van 

 Denhurgh records a single example of this rare species from San 

 Antonio. It was collected on May 6, 1911 by Chaplain Joseph 

 C. Clemens. U. S. A., and is No. 30980 in the collection of the 

 California Academy of Sciences at San Francisco. In addition 

 to the four specimens of this snake mentioned by Dr. Van Den- 

 burgh (two from Dallas, Texas, one from Oklahoma, and onf 

 from San Antonio), I am informed by Thomas Barbour that 

 there is a fifth example in the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 

 This specimen was collected by Wamsley at Deming's Bridge, 

 Matagorda County, Texas. 



