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_-umerous tadpoles, probably S. couchii, were evident in the pud-- e, but they were not keyed out.

ubmitted by IAN W. MURRAY, University of New Mexico3iology Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USAe-mail: [email protected]); and PETER E. HUMPHREY,

Harvard Medical School, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston,Massachusetts 02115, USA (e-mail: [email protected]).

TESTUDINES - TURTLES

CHRYSEMYS PICTA (Painted Turtle). USA: MINNESOTA:McLEODCo.: On CR 9 just south of Lester Prairie (44.86563°N,94.03034°W; NAD83). 12 September 2010. Noah J. Anderson,Jeffery B. LeClere, Tessa L. Whitemarsh, and Randy E. Blasus.Verified by Benjamin Lowe. Bell Museum of Natural History(JFBM P362). New county record (Oldfield and Moriarty 1994.Amphibians and Reptiles of Minnesota. University of Minne-sota Press, 237 pp.; Gamble and Moriarty 2006. Herpetol, Rev.37:114-116). Found DOR on road ca. 115 mE of man-madepond surrounded by agricultural fields.

Submitted by NOAH J. ANDERSON, Department of Biolog-ical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Baraboo/ Sauk County,1006 Connie Road, Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913, USA (e-mail:[email protected]);JEFFERYB.LECLERE, 878 Galti-er Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55117, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); TESSA L. WHITEMARSH, 6869 Taylor Road, SaukCity, Wisconsin 53583, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); and RANDY E. BLASUS, 3224 Idaho Avenue South, SaintLouis Park, Minnesota 55426, USA (e-mail: [email protected]).

DEIROCHELYS RETICULARIA RETICULARIA (EasternChicken Turtle). USA: MISSISSIPPI: GEORGECo.: Gum pondimmediately to the southwest of MS Hwy 57 and Salem Rd. in-tersection (3l.9805l67°N, 89.7787667°W; no datum available).7 July 2008,0915 h. Will Selman and Thomas Bocek. Verified byKurt Buhlmann. Florida Museum of Natural History HerpetologyDepartment photographic archive (UP 159536). New county re-cord. This record fills a distributional gap among three surround-ing Mississippi counties (Jackson, Stone, Perry) and Mobile Co.,Alabama (Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Collectionsdatabase, http://mdwfp.comlmuseurnldatabase/bio_collections_online_data.html; Mount 1975. The Reptiles and Amphibians ofAlabama. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn, Al-abama. 347 pp.; J. Iverson and K. Buhlmann, pers. comm.). Twoadults (one female and one male) were observed basking in gumpond on a floating log; two Pseudemys concinna (River Cooter)were also observed.

Submitted by WILL SELMAN, Rockefeller Refuge, Louisi-ana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 5476 Grand ChenierHwy, Grand Chenier, Louisiana, 70643, USA (e-rnail: [email protected]); and THOMAS BOCEK, Department of BiologicalSciences, Box 5018, University of Southern Mississippi, Hatties-burg, Mississippi 39401, USA.

GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA (Northern Map Turtle). USA:ALABAMA: JACKSONCo.: Paint Rock River at Whitaker Na-ture Conservancy Preserve (34.66450oN, 86.32524°W; no da-

turn available). 25 August 2009. Gregory B. Pauly. Verified byJim Godwin. Auburn University Museum photographic YOUherAHAP-D 267-268. First county record. Adult female (214 mmstraightline carapace length, 195 mm straightline plastron length.1374 g) photographed and released. This species is known to oc-cur elsewhere in the Tennessee River watershed (Mount 1975.Reptiles and Amphibians of Alabama. Agricultural ExperimentStation, Auburn University. 347 pp.). TUSCALOOSACo.: BlueCreek at Watermelon Road bridge (33A5045°N, 87 A1248°W; nodatum available). 17 August 09. Gregory B. Pauly. Verified byJim Godwin. Auburn University Museum photographic voucherAHAP-D 269-27l. First county record and the most southwest-ern record in Alabama. Juvenile (52 mm straightline carapacelength, 44 mm straightline plastron length, 25 g) photographedand released. Previously reported from elsewhere in the BlackWarrior River watershed. (Mount 1975, op. cit.).

Fieldwork carried out under Alabama Conservation License68-680 issued by the Alabama Department of Conservation andNatural Resources.

Submitted by GREGORY B. PAULY, Department of Evo-lution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, California95616, USA.

GRAPTEMYS GIBBONSI (Pascagoula Map Turtle). USA:MISSISSIPPI: LAMARCo.: Black Creek, U.S. Highway 11 bridgecrossing southwest of Hattiesburg (3l.l90224 "N, 89.376778°W;no datum available). 12 May 2010,1515 h. Will Selman andAar-on Holbrook. Verified by Peter Lindeman. Florida Museum ofNatural History Herpetology Department photographic archive(UF 159527). New county record (Selman and Qualls 2009.Herpetol. Cons. Bio!. 4[2]:171-184; P. Lindeman, pers. comm.).Extends known range in Black Creek upstream by ca. 12 riverkm (Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, specimen #4176collected near Camp Dantzler, Forrest Co.). A single adult femalewas observed basking on a deadwood snag 50 m downstream ofbridge crossing.

Submitted by WILL SELMAN, Rockefeller Refuge, Louisi-ana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, 5476 Grand ChenierHwy, Grand Chenier, Louisiana 70643, USA (e-mail: [email protected]); and AARON HOLBROOK, Department of Bio-logical Sciences, Box 5018, University of Southern Mississippi,Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39401, USA.

GRAPTEMYS OUACHITENSIS OUACHITENSIS (Ouachi-ta Map Turtle). USA: OHIO: HAMILTONCo.: Miami Township:Great Miami River at Cleves Community Park. (39.l6l5°N,84.7625°W; WGS 84). 18 August 2010. Paul J. Krusling. Veri-fied by Peter V. Lindeman. Cincinnati Museum Center Herpe-tology Collection (CMC HP 5231, 5232 and 5267 [digital filesand prints]). New county record. First confirmed records from theGreat Miami River system in over 130 years. These records par-tially fill a wide gap in the distribution of Graptemys ouachiten-sis in the Ohio River Basin. The closest known extant upstreampopulations have been documented from the Scioto River, SciotoCo., Ohio, ca. 136 river miles. The closest downstream popula-tions are from Jefferson Co., Kentucky, ca. 112 river miles (Lin-deman, in press. The Map Turtle and Sawback Atlas: Ecology,Evolution, Distribution, and Conservation of the Genus Grapte-

Herpetological Review 41(4), 2010