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Research and Collections Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati,Ohio 45203-1130, USA (e-mail: anura@fuse.net).GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA (Northern Map Turtle). USA:ILLINOIS: HANCOCK CO.: Turtle was captured in a MississippiRiver side channel between Eagle Island and the Illinois bank.Aproximate Mississippi River Mile 362 (40.37840°N,091.39471°W). 03 June 2007. James T. Lamer, Sean E. Jenkins,Brian P. Jenkins, and Samuel W. Jenkins. INHS 20749. Verifiedby Chris Phillips. Specimen is a first county record and located atthe Illinois Natural History Survey in Champaign/Urbana, Illinois(Phillips et al. 1999. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles ofIllinois. Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv. Manual 8, Champaign, Illinois.xii + 282 pp.). Male turtle was captured in a Legler-style hoop netbaited with Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) carcasses. Turtledrowned during 24 h set. The following measurements were recorded:carapace length = 131 mm, carapace width = 95 mm, carapaceheight = 44 mm, plastron length = 107 mm, and mass = 236g.Submitted by JAMES T. LAMER, SEAN E. JENKINS,BRIAN P. JENKINS, SAMUEL W. JENKINS, Western IllinoisUniversity, 1 University Circle, Macomb, Illinois 61455, USA;CHAD R. DOLAN and JOHN K. TUCKER, Illinois NaturalHistory Survey, 8450 Montclair Ave, Brighton, Illinois 62012,USA.GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA (False Map Turtle).USA: ILLINOIS: PIKE CO.: Turtle was dip-netted during a 300 mstretch of shoreline electro-fishing off of Denmark Island in theMississippi River at River Mile 292 (39.54534°N, 91.13331457°W.25 September 2006. Eric Ratcliff, Eric J. Gittinger, and AdamCarey. INHS 20222. Verified by Chris Phillips. New county record(Phillips et al. 1999. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles ofIllinois. Illinois Nat. Hist. Surv. Manual 8, Champaign, Illinois.xii + 282 pp.). Male turtle was not immobilized during electrofishing,but was disoriented to allow capture.Submitted by JAMES T. LAMER, Western Illinois University,1 University Circle, Macomb, Illinois 61455, USA; JOHNK. TUCKER, CHAD R. DOLAN, ERIC RATCLIFF, ERIC J.GITTINGER, and ADAM CAREY, Illinois Natural History Survey,8450 Montclair Ave, Brighton, Illinois 62012, USA.GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA (False Map Turtle).USA: ILLINOIS: TAZEWELL CO.: Turtle was captured in a fyke netat Lower Powerton on Illinois River; mile 151 (40.55012°N,89.68115°W). 03 October 2006. Kevin Irons, Melissa Smith, andNerissa Michaels. INHS 20221. Verified by Chris Phillips, IllinoisNatural History Survey. New county record (Phillips et al.1999. Field Guide to Amphibians and Reptiles of Illinois. IllinoisNat. Hist. Surv. Manual 8, Champaign, Illinois. xii + 282 pp.).Male turtle was captured in a standard fyke net set perpendicularto the shoreline, set for a duration of 24 h. This individual had akohni morph head pattern. Carapace length = 90 mm.Submitted by JAMES T. LAMER, Western Illinois University,1 University Circle, Macomb, Illinois 61455, USA; JOHNK. TUCKER, CHAD R. DOLAN, Illinois Natural History Survey,8450 Montclair Ave, Brighton, Illinois 62012, USA; KEVINIRONS, MELISSA SMITH, and NERISSA MICHAELS, IllinoisNatural History Survey, 704 North Shrader, Havana, Illinois62644, USA.GRAPTEMYS PSEUDOGEOGRAPHICA PSEUDO-GEOGRAPHICA (False Map Turtle). USA: FLORIDA: COLUM-BIA Co.: O’Leno State Park, Santa Fe River, 1.2 km upstream fromRiver Sink (29.917°N, 82.574875°W; datum WGS84). 1 October2007. Anthony Lau and Gerald R. Johnston. UF 150678. Verifiedby Kenneth L. Krysko. New county record. Adult male (carapacelength 131 mm, plastron length 122 mm, mass 320 g) captured inturtle hoop trap baited with canned sardines and frozen fish chum.This is the only Graptemys that we observed in over 400 trap nightsconducted during freshwater turtle surveys in O’Leno State Parkfrom May 2006 to November 2007. This non-native species iscommonly sold in the pet trade, and given its role as an omnivorein the Mississippi River drainage (Ernst et al. 1994. Turtles of theUS and Canada. Smithsonian Inst. Press, Washington. 578 pp.),the potential exists for establishment if additional releases of unwantedpets occur. This is the second record of a G. p.pseudogeographica in Florida (K. Krysko, pers. comm, UF121459, Miami-Dade Co.).Submitted by ANTHONY LAU, Department of Wildlife Ecologyand Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida32611, USA (e-mail: alau0924@ufl.edu); and GERALD R.JOHNSTON, Department of Natural Sciences, Santa Fe CommunityCollege, Gainesville, Florida 32606, USA (e-mail:jerry.johnston@sfcc.edu).MESOCLEMMYS PERPLEXA. BRAZIL: CEARÁ: Viçosa doCeará (03.3655278°S; 41.1555833°W; 707 m elev.). 29 May 2007.D. Loebmann. Verified by M. Trefaut Rodrigues. Coleção dereferência do Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil (CRIB 289).Previously reported only from type locality, Serra das ConfusõesNational Park, Piauí state (09°16'S, 43°51'W) in Bour and Zaher(2005. Papeis Avulsos Zool. 45[24]:295–311). First state recordextends the species distribution nearly 780 km N from the typelocality.Submitted by DANIEL LOEBMANN, Departamento deZoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista,Caixa Postal 199, CEP 13506-970, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil;e-mail: contato@danielloebmann.com.TERRAPENE C. CAROLINA (Eastern Box Turtle). USA: OHIO:CLARK CO.: Moorefield Township. Crabill Homestead(39.9602612°N, 83.7338066°W). 21 May 2006. Brian Menker.Verified by John W. Ferner. Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC HerpPhotodocumentation Collection HP 253). New county record(Wynn and Moody 2006. Ohio Turtle, Lizard, and Snake Atlas.Ohio Biol. Surv. Misc. Contr. No. 10, Columbus).Submitted by BRIAN T. MENKER, C. J. Brown Dam and Reservoir,2630 Croft Road, Springfield, Ohio 45503, USA (e-mail:Brian.T.Menker@lrl02.usace.army.mil); and JEFFREY G.DAVIS, Cincinnati Museum Center – Fredrick and Amye GeierResearch and Collections Center, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati,Ohio 45203-1130, USA (e-mail: anura@fuse.net).TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS (Red-eared Slider). USA:FLORIDA: COLUMBIA Co.: River Rise Preserve State Park, Santa236 Herpetological Review 39(2), 2008