TTIE CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 





Herpetology. 



LIST OF REPTILJA OF ONTARIO. 



To Reptiles that I have not seen, or those 

 reported to me on good authority, I have 

 affixed a mark of interrogation (?). All the 

 others I have recognized, and they are in my 



cabinet. I do not consider this list by any 

 means perfect, and other forma will doubt- 

 less be added by scientific research. I solicit 

 exchange from Herpetologists in the Dominion, 

 and neighboring States of America, as I have 

 a fine lot of Ontario duplicates in the best 

 condition for this purpose. I wish to obtain 

 reptilia, of all classes, from the Province of 

 Quebec, as the difference of climate is of great 

 importance in regard to colouration. This is 

 remarkable in thegenus Eutainia; whose geo- 

 graphical distribution, with other causes, seem 

 to exert an extraordinary influence in regard to 

 tintings and colouration, not alone in Canada, 

 but wherever they occur. There is, perhaps, 

 no branch of natural history less studied in a 

 scientific manner than Herpetology. Here 

 we have an enormous field for research, and 

 scientific enquiry, and Ontario seems as rich in 

 species and genera as any other country of 

 similar extent. 



I.-TESTlIDIJfATA. 



Family EMYDID^E. 



1 — Chelopus insculpius. Wood Tortoise. 

 Common. 



2 — Nanemys guihius. Speckled Tortoise. 

 Common. 



3 — Emys meleagHs. Bland ing's Tortoise. 

 Very rare. One specimen captured on 

 Lake St. Clair, by Mr. Buck. Now in 

 my cabinet. 



4 — Chrysemys picla. Painted Turtle. Com- 

 mon along the southern shore of Lake 

 Ontario, and in every pond to the south. 

 The most handsome turtle. 



5 — P. var. marginal. I have a variety that 

 approaches that described by Jordan. 



(3 — Malacoclemys geographicus. Map Turtle. 



7 -M. pseudo-geofraphictu. This 



variety, noticeable in tht . and 



-•■in- in be a distinction nritho 

 dfference. 



H — Aromochelya odoralus. Mn-k Turtle. 

 Stink poi ; found in Lakes Erie, ai 

 Clair; rare 



!i — Chelydra serpentina. Snapping Turtle. 

 Found throughout Ontario. Used i. -r 

 making soup, and in some Iocs 

 much sought alter for this pn:: 



10 — Aspidonectes spinifer. Common 5 



shell Turtle. Lakes Brie and St. Clair, 

 scarce ; sometimes taken on h< 

 Considered a delicacy. One was taken 

 some years ago, in the Ottawa River. — 

 En., rare. 



11 — Amyda mutica (?) Leathery Turtle. 

 Although I never saw this 8] 

 there is no doubt that it exist- at 

 quently as the preceding in Lak< - 

 and St. Clair. 



IL-LACEBTILIA. 



Family SCINCID.L. 



12 — Eumeces fascialus. Blue tailed Skink. 



13 — E. septenlrionaUs. Northern Skink. 



1-1 — E. anthraeinus. Coal Skink. 1 captured 

 these in Tilberry township, Co. Kent. 

 They may be considered the same 

 species; the young being the darkest 

 ■Specimens I possess from North I 

 lina of E. anthraeinus, and the others are 

 not distinguishable from my specimens 

 from Tilberry. ■ 



in.— opinniA. 



Family COLUBRIILE. 



1") — Helerodon platyrhintis, var. niger. IL*-- 

 nosed Snake. Blowing viper. Puff-adder. 

 Captured near Toronto by Prof. Mont- 

 gomery. A well marked specimen, 

 though small ; also reported near Pol t 

 Hope and other places 



1 (• — Nerodia sipedon. Water Snake. Water 

 Adder. Black Water Snake ; common. 



17 — N. erythroffaster. Red-billed Water-snake. 

 This is a scarce species. Lake St. Clair. 



18— N. niger. Black Water Adder. 15. & Q. I 

 deem it to be 'the male ol the sipedon, 

 and it is now generally rejected a-- a 

 species. 



19 — Regina rigida. Stiff Snake. Rare. Cap- 

 tured by Mr. Buck, at Mud creek. Lake 

 St. Clair. 



