BRIMLEYANA NO. 25, JULY 1998 

 CONTENTS 



Turtles (Reptilia: Testudines) of the Ardis Local Fauna Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) 

 of South Carolina. Curtis C. Bentley and James L. Knight 3 



Observations of Freshwater Jellyfish, Craspedacusta sowerbyi Lankester (Trachylina: 

 Petasidae), in a West Virginia Reservoir. Ted R. Angradi 34 



Distribution and Status of Selected Fishes in North Carolina, with a New State Record. 

 Fred C. Rohde, Mary L. Moser, and Rudolf G. Arndt 43 



Status of the River Frog, Rana heckscheri (Anura: Ranidae), in North Carolina. 

 Jeffrey C. Beane 69 



Wood Ducks, Aix sponsa (Anseriformes: Anatidae), and Blackwater Impoundments in 

 Southeastern North Carolina. Craig A. Harper, James F. Parnell, and Eric G. Bolen . . .80 



Relationship of Mass to Girth in Raccoons, Procyon lotor (Mammalia: Procyonidae), 

 from West Virginia. Troy A. Ladine 91 



A Multiscale Approach to Capture Patterns and Habitat Correlations of Peromyscus leu- 

 copus (Rodentia: Muridae). Troy A. Ladine and Angela Ladine 99 



Methods Used to Survey Shrews (Insectivora: Soricidae) and the Importance of 

 Forest-Floor Structure. Timothy S. McCay, Joshua Laerm, M. Alex Menzel, and 

 William M. Ford 110 



The Water Shrew, Sorex palustris Richardson (Insectivora: Soricidae), and Its Habitat in 

 Virginia. John F. Pagels, Leonard A. Smock, and Stephen H. Sklarew 120 



Occurrence of the Brook Silverside, Labidesthes sicculus (Atheriniformes: 

 Atherinidae) in North Carolina. Mary L. Moser, Fred C. Rohde, Rudolf G. 

 Arndt, and Keith W. Ashley 135 



Winter Mortality in the Green Anole, Anolis carolinensis (Lacertilia: Polychridae). Jane 

 K. Distler, Michael E. Dorcas, J. Whitfield Gibbons, Karen L. Kandl, and Kevin R. Rus- 

 sell 140 



Abundance and Size of Dominant Winter-Immigrating Fish Larvae at Two Inlets Into 

 Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. William F. Hettler, Jr. 144 



First Record of Nutria, Myocastor copyus (Mammalia: Rodentia), in Tennessee. Michael 

 L. Kennedy and Phyllis K. Kennedy 156 



Prey Selection by Five Species of Vespertilionid Bats on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Timothy 

 C. Carter, Michael A. Menzel, Diane M. Krishon, and Joshua Laerm 158 



Miscellany 171 



