THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE XIX 



DIAMOND BACK TERRAPIN, Malacoclcmmys paluslris. Adult 



DIAMOND BACK TERRAPIN, Malacoclemmys palustris DIAMOND BACK TERRAPIN, Malacoclcmmys palustris 



Voung; above Young ; beneath 



Greatly esteemed as an article of diet. Specimens with a slu-1! 8 inches long bring from $60 to $75 per dozen. The species frequents salt 



marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts 



WOOD TURTLE, Clirlnptis insnilptus 

 By a bill passed recently in the state of New York, this species is protected from capture and sale in the markets 



