Kyphotic (hump-backed) soft-shelled turtles have been known for many years in Asia and America. Gressitt (Peking Natural History Bulletin, 2 (pt. 4): 413-415, figs. 1-5, 1937) has reviewed accounts of such turtles, and recorded the anomaly in _Amyda sinensis_ (Wiegmann) and _A. steindachneri_ (Siebenrock) of Asia and in unidentified species in the United States. Records of kyphosis in American species apparently are few. Three skeletons in the University of Kansas Museum of Natural History demonstrate occurrence of the condition in at least 3 American species: _Amyda emoryi_ (Agassiz), _A. mutica_ (Le Sueur) and _A. spinifera_ (Le Sueur). The specimen of _A. emoryi_ (Catalog No. 2219) was t…
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