t of
other mammals. In the vicinity of Playa Azul several turtles were killed
by dogs.

~Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes~ Wagler

_Cinosternon hirtipes_ Wagler, Naturl. Syst. Amph., p. 37,
1830.--Mexico. Type locality restricted to Mazatlan,
Sinaloa, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor (1950b:25).

_Kinosternon hirtipes hirtipes_, Schmidt, Check list N Amer.
Amph. Rept., ed. 6, p. 89, 1953.

Eight km. W of Ciudad Hidalgo; Jiquilpan; La Palma; Lago de
Camecuaro (4); Lago de Cuitzeo (3); Lago de Patzcuaro (8);
14 km. E of Zamora (4).

One specimen from eight kilometers west of Ciudad Hidalgo (UIMNH 24707)
is from the Rio Tuxpan, a tributary of the Rio Balsas; this is the only
record for the species from the Balsas drainage. All others are from the
lakes or rivers flowing into the lakes on the southern part of the
Mexican Plateau. This species exists in Lago de Patzcuaro to the
apparent exclusion of the abundant and widespread _Kinosternon
integrum_.

~Kinosternon integrum~ LeConte

_Kinosternon integrum_ LeConte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia, 7:183, 1854.--Mexico. Type locality restricted
to Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, by Smith and Taylor
(1950b:25).

Agua Cerca (3); Aguililla; Arteaga (8); Apatzingan (7);
Barranca de Herradero; Buenavista (20); Capirio (2);
Charapendo (3); Chupio; Coahuayana (2); Coalcoman (169);
Copuyo (4); El Sabino (8); Jacona; Jiquilpan (12); La Orilla
(2); La Playa (2); Lago de Cuitzeo (27); Las Higuertas;
Lombardia (3); Los Reyes (5); Morelia; Ojos de Agua de San
Telmo; San Pedro Naranjestila; Tacicuaro.

Excepting Lago de Patzcuaro, _Kinosternon integrum_ occupies all
permanent and temporary ponds, lakes, and streams below 2200 meters
throughout the state. At Coalcoman the species was in roadside ditches,
small puddles, flooded fields, a hyacinth-choked ox-bow of the Rio
Coalcoman, as well as in the Rio Coalcoman and its tributaries.
Specimens from Arteaga and Barranca de Herradero were found in clear
rocky streams; the one from Las Higuertas was found in a small muddy
pond in pine-oak forest.

On August 26, 1960, James R. Dixon found a copulating pair in a pool at
Capirio. The large series from Coalcoman contains juveniles and adults;
these turtles formed the basis for the study of relative growth of
plastral scutes in this species by Mosimann (1956).

~Geoemyda rubida perixantha~ Mos