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1889. Chrysemys scripta, var. rugosa Boulenger, Catalogue of the chelonians, 

 rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum, p. 79 (part). 



1921. Pseudemys palustris Schmidt, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 44, p. 20. 



1940. Pseudemys stejnegeri vicina Barbour and Carr, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., 

 vol. 54, No. 5, p. 408. 



Figure 118.— Pseudemys decorata: a, Dorsum; b, side view. U.S.N.M. No. 59093, from 

 Thomazeau, Haiti. Natural size. 



Type. F.M.N.H. No. 5977, from Sanchez, Dominican Republic. 



Diagnosis. — Very closely related to P. s. stejnegeri, from which it is 

 distinguished by the broad head (width of head at anterior edge of 

 tympanum contained in body length 7.0-7.2 times in vicina, 7.8-8.0 

 times in stejnegeri) and deep snout (depth of snout, including mandible, 



