SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF TURNER’S LAKE 19 
VERTEBRATES 
(Identified by SHERMAN C. BisHoP) 
FISHES 
Kel, Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque. Very abundant in the pond 
and usually of small size. Many taken on set lines and in the small 
traps set for stickle backs. 
Nine-spined stickleback, Pygosteus pungitius (Linn.) Extremely 
abundant and taken at all depths down to 20-25 feet. Small, the 
largest observed only one and three-quarters inches long. 
Smelt, Osmerus mordax (Mitchill). A few are usually taken 
each year through the ice near the mouth of the inlet. Two speci- 
mens 714 to 8 inches long were taken on worms in 24 feet of water. 
Land-locked salmon, Salmo sebago Girard. Introduced a few years 
ago and now apparently established. A few are taken by trolling and 
still fishing with worms. ‘The larger specimens average about three 
or four pounds in weight. Two specimens were taken in September, 
1922, On worms. 
AMPHIBIANS 
Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw). Spotted salamander. A single 
large specimen under a stone at the water’s edge. 
Rana palustris Le Conte, Pickerel frog. Three recently trans- 
formed specimens in shallow water at south end of lake; these may 
have come from the nearby swamp. Residents of the south end of 
the island say that frogs are infrequently seen in or about the lake 
and that the calls are not often heard in the spring. 
REPTILES 
No specimens were seen in the immediate vicinity of the lake but 
a small red-bellied snake Storeria occipito-maculata (Storer) was 
found in the road a short distance away and garter snakes (Thamno- 
phis) are occasional and the green snake (Liopeltis) abundant on 
the island. | 
Turtles were not found in the pond nor have they been noticed by 
those who fished its waters. 
