248 Trans. Acad. Sci. of St. Louis. 



The plastron is yellowish also. Half grown specimens very often are 

 marked like or similar to the Carolina Box Turtle. 



Size. — Length of carapace 131 mm.; width of same 100 mm.; depth. 

 65 mm. Length of plastron 129 mm. 



Habitat. — Georgia and Florida westward to the Rio 

 Grande, up the Mississippi Valley into the State of Mis- 

 souri. Missouri localities: — St. Louis, Jefferson, Wash- 

 ington, St. Frangois, Shannon, Butler, Ozark, Stone, Jack- 

 son, Johnson, Pettis, Marion, Crawford, Franklin, Mont- 

 gomery, Warren, and Lewis Counties. 



Habits. — The Three-Toed Box Turtle has the same hab- 

 its as the Common Carolina Box Turtle. It is usually 

 found in shady valleys not far from water. The egg is 

 ellipsoidal, the major axis being 35 mm. long and the 

 minor 23 mm. 



100. Teerapexe oenata Agassiz. Painted Box Turtle. 



Cistudo ornata. 



Description. — Carapace short, rather depressed, the outer vertebral 

 region flat, without any keel even in the young. Plastron not closing 

 completely the shell, connected with the carapace by a short but dis- 

 tinct bridge. Hook of upper jaw notched. Digits without distinct 

 webs. Four claws on hind feet. 



The zygomatic arch has completely disappeared, only a small piece 

 of the jugal is left. Phalanges on hind foot 2-3-3-3-1. (Baur.) 



Color. — The carapace is of an olive brown to black greund color, 

 marked v,-itli many spots and streaks of bright yellow. These yellow 

 markings usually seem to radiate from a center from which each scute 

 begins to grow. A broad interrupted yellow line over the middle of the 

 back. The plastron is brightly colored, being yellow but so thickly suf- 

 fused with brown, that it presents an intricate network of yellow and 

 brown bands. The head is dark with large orange colored spots on the 

 sides and on the top of the head, while the neck is banded with the 

 same bright color. The scales of the fore limbs are bright red or 

 orange. 



Size. — Length of carapace 101 mm.; width of same 87 mm.; height 51 

 mm. Length of plastron 102 mm. I have two young specimens with 

 egg tooth, the carapace of which is 30 mm. long and 24 mm. wide. 



Habitat. — From the Rocky Mountains to Indiana, 

 southward into Mexico. In Southern States the species 



