When I was on my honeymoon (field trip) in Jamaica in 1972, I collected several specimens of a freshwater nerite in the Rio Grande, near Port Antonio, on the east coast of the island. These were collected several miles upstream during a rafting trip. I do remember that they were not small and black. I can't give any more details as I am now in Korea and my collection is back home in Newfoundland, Canada. However, I did assign a tentative name to them, from some old literature, but I can't remember what it was. It's been several years since I looked at my Jamaican shells. Hope this is of some help to you. Malacologically yours, Ron On Sun, 04 November 2001, Thomas Eichhorst wrote: > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4207.2601" name=GENERATOR> > <STYLE></STYLE> > </HEAD> > <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just thought I ought to point out that laying > cardboard out as a snail trap can also "trap" other critters. As a > herpetologist, I have often used cardboard in a similar fashion (not worrying > about beer or fruit juice) to catch reptiles. Most snakes and lots of > lizards will seek such shelter and an early morning check under a piece of > cardboard may as likely reveal a snake as a snail. Something I personally > would look forward to, but some of you may not share my likes. So, > depending upon where one lays said cardboard, I would caution folks that more > than a snail may seek temporary shelter under your trap. It is a great way > to gather up Helix aspersa (common garden snail) - my box turtles really love > them. And everyone gets a fair shot as I just let the snails go in the > walled off garden area where the turtles live. </FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now a question for the group. In my > continuing research into the Neritidae, I keep hearing stories about a > good-sized nerite found upstream in Jamaican waters (but no hard data - shell or > research paper). I do not mean the small, black endemic Fluvinerita > tenebricosta, but a larger nerite. Actually, I mean both as neither seems > to show up on dealer lists. How about it? Any Jamaican readers of > the list?</FONT></DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom Eichhorst in New Mexico, > USA</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> __________________________________________________________ Get your FREE personalized e-mail at http://www.canada.com