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79. Kinosternon odoratum (Latreille) Musk Turtle : 



Stink Pot. 

 Testudo odorata Latreille Hist. Nat. Rept, Vol. I, 1802, 



p. 122. 



Specimens from Bexar County are in the United States 



National Museum collection. I personally collected a small 



specimen in the San Antonio River in July, 1913. This is the 



species recorded under the name of tristycka by recent authors. 



80. Kinosternon sonoriense LeConte Henry's Mud Turtle 



Kinosternum sonoriense LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Phila., 1854, p. 184. 



Louis Garni collected a specimen of this species in the San 

 Antonio River. Cope reports it from Medina but not from 

 Bexar County. 



81. Macrochelys temminckii (Holbrook) 



Alligator Snapper 

 Chelonura temminckii Holbrook, N. Am. Herp., Ed. I, 



1840, Vol. 4, p. 29. 

 San Antonio River, Bexar County (Recorded by me in 

 "Reptiles and Amphibians of Texas", Baylor Univ. Bull., 1915, 

 p. 9). This great turtle is not uncommon in other sections of 

 southwestern Texas. 



82. Chelydra serpentina (Linne) Common Snapper: 



Snapping Turtle 

 Testudo serpentina Linne, Syst. Nat. Ed. 10, Vol. 1, 

 1758, p. 199. 



Common in the rivers and streams throughout the county. 



83. Terrapene Carolina triunguis (Agassiz) Three-toed 



Box Tortoise 

 Cistudo triunguis Agassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., Vol. 

 1, 1857, p. 445. 



Recorded from San Antonio by Yarrow. I saw a living 

 specimen in the possession of a curio dealer on Alamo plaza. 



84. Terrapene major (Agassiz) Large Box Tortoise 



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



1857, P- 445- 

 One specimen in the United States National Museum from 

 San Antonio (Recorded by Yarrow). 



