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Sternotherus carinatus (Razorback Musk Turtle). TITUS CO.: BobSandlin State Park. Approximately 19.3 km SW of Mt. Pleasant,Texas (33.06188°N, 095.06506°W; NAD27), 127 m elev. 14 September2007. Jake A. Pruett and Jessica L. Coleman. UTA R-55474.Shell was found within 2 m of the north shoreline of Bob SandlinLake in oak woodland habitat.Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider). UPSHUR CO.: Approximately0.2 km W from the intersection of West Lake Driveand Woodbine Drive (32.54222°N, 94.94694°W; NAD27). 15 September2005. Jessica L. Coleman. University of Texas at Arlington(UTADC 1099). A female was found crossing West Lake Drive,ca. 50 m S of Gladewater Lake in a residential area.Squamata – SnakesRegina grahamii (Grahams Crayfish Snake). SMITH CO.: TexasParks and Wildlife Department Old Sabine Bottom Wildlife ManagementArea. Approximately 12.8 km N of Lindale, Texas onCounty Rd. 4106 (32.58589°N, 095.35719°W; NAD27), 129 melev. 20 May 2007. Jake A. Pruett. University of Texas at Tyler(UT Tyler 516). Snake captured in minnow trap placed at the land/water interface of an oxbow lake. An unidentified species of crayfish(determined by palpation) had been consumed by the snake,but it could not be determined if predation occurred after enteringthe trap.Acknowledgments.—We thank R. C. Jadin, C. J. Franklin, and J. A.Campbell for depositing specimens and images at the Amphibian andReptile Diversity Research Center. We additionally thank R. C. Jadin andJ. Placyk for their constructive criticism.LITERATURE CITEDCROTHER, B. I. (ed.) 2000. Scientific and Standard English Names ofAmphibians and Reptiles of North America North of Mexico, with CommentsRegarding Confidence in Our Understanding. SSAR Herpetol.Circ. 29:1–82.DIXON, J. R. 2000. Amphibians and Reptiles of Texas, 2 nd ed. Texas A &M University Press, College Station, Texas.Pristimantis palmeri (Brachycephalidae) eating a small cricket. Illustrationby Fernando Vargas-Salinas based on a photograph taken in westernAndes, Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.BOOK REVIEWSHerpetological Review, 2008, 39(2), 247–248.© 2008 by Society for the Study of Amphibians and ReptilesAtlante degli Anfibi e dei Rettili d’Italia/Atlas of Italian Amphibiansand Reptiles, edited by Roberto Sindaco, Giuliano Doria,Edoardo Razzetti and Franco Bernini. 2006. Edizioni Polistampa,Firenze, Italy (www.polistampa.com). 789 pp. Hardcover. € 70.00(approx. $US 109.00). ISBN 88-8304-941-1.AARON M. BAUERDepartment of Biology, Villanova University800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USAe-mail: aaron.bauer@villanova.eduMost Western and CentralEuropean countries have recentlycompiled national atlasesof their herpetofaunas. The Italianeffort to map the nationalherpetofauna has been noteworthyfor its generation of manyregional and provincial atlases,as well as a preliminary atlas(Societas Herpetologica Italica,1996), prior to the publicationof the definitive work. The resultis a spectacular, highlyreadable and highly useful volume.The book provides a dualItalian/English text, making itaccessible to a broad range ofreaders.The book begins with an engaging history of Italian herpetologyby Violani and Barbagli. This well illustrated chapter, withportraits of Italian herpetologists and illustrations and title pagesfrom their works covers the gamut from the earliest forays intoherpetology to the great collectors of the 19 th and 20 th centuries.Among the more illustrious names included are Aldrovandi, Redi,Malpighi, Vallisneri, Spallanzani, Rafinesque, Rusconi, Panizza,Gené, Peracca, Camerano, Lessona, Bonaparte, Jan, Scortecci, andDoria.Chapter two, by Massimo Delphino, summarizes the fossil recordof the living species. The Miocene to Holocene record is surprisinglyrepresentative of the living diversity, with 38 taxa representedplus another 11 genera that are extant, but no longer occurin Italy (e.g., Tomistoma, Agama, Varanus, Eryx). This chapter isillustrated by drawings of selected fossils and small photographsof the corresponding living taxa.Chapter three overviews the genesis of the atlas project and relevantdata gathering. The project was begun in 1994 and resulted,only two years later, in the publication of the provisional atlas(Societas Herpetologica Italica, 1996). Over the intervening yearsmany regional and provincial atlases were published. In all over70,000 data points were plotted on 3382 10 × 10 km UTM coordinates.These were gathered by more than 900 collaborators. Althoughmost of Italy has been at least moderately well covered byHerpetological Review 39(2), 2008 247