NOTES OK REPTILES AND BATRACHIANS COLLECTED IN FLORIDA IN 1892 AND 1893. By EiNAR LCRNNBERG, Ph. D., University of Upsala, Sweden. The following notes are based upon a collection made during a sojourn in Florida from September, 1892, to July, 1893, during which time I wasengaged in general zoological collecting and research. The list con-tains the greater majority of the species recorded from that part of the United States, besides a number of additions to the herpetological fauna of Florida. The distribution of other species within the penin-sula has been extended, or better detined. The biographical notes may not contain any strikingly new facts, but as such observations are not very commonly recorded, and as mine are based on personal experience they may possess some value as corroborative evidence. I wish, finally, to express my grateful acknowledgment for kind assistance received from the authorities of the U. S. National Museum. REPTILIA. TESTUDINES. PLATYPELTIS FEROX ( S c li u e i d e r ). The soft-shelled turtle abounds in all lakes and ponds in south Florida. It is caught with nets and seine and readily takes the hook. It is very savage and bites ferociously. DERMOCHELYS CORIACEA (L i n u iv u s ). This turtle seems to be known to some of the people living at Key West, but it is very rare. I have only seen one specimen in Florida, which had been caught near St. Augustine. CHELONIA MYDA8 ( L i u u ie n s ). Green turtles are still common along the coast of south Florida, but the time of extermination will soon come, as they are caught in great I'loceedings of the U. S. Jvatioual Miiseuui, Vol. XVII— No. 1003. 317
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