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Ci In central Florida P. floridana. 



e2 In Gulf coast region P. alabamensis. 



63 From Missouri to Mexico P. iexana. 



P. troosti (Holbrook). Carapace greenish black, with darker 

 blotches; under surface of marginals and plastron yellow, with black 

 blotches; no head or neck markings; edges of both jaws smooth; length 

 of carapace 200 mm.; width 150 mm.: Mississippi Valley; northward to 

 northern Missouri and southern Indiana; common; used for food. 



P. elegans (Wied) . Carapace dark olive or brown, with dull yellow 

 lines and spots; plastron yellow, with a black blotch on each scale; head 

 and neck with numerous yellow lines and a broad red spot back of the 

 eye; length of the carapace 250 mm.; width 180 mm.: Texas and Miss- 

 issippi Valley; northward to Iowa and Ohio; common; used for food. 



Fig. 137. — Pseiidemys rubriventris {froyn Fowler). 



P. scripta (Schoepflf). Carapace dark brown in color, with dull 

 yellow transverse stripes; plastron yellow; length of carapace 250 mm.; 

 width 170 mm.; head with a broad yellow spot just back of the eye: 

 Georgia to North CaroHna. 



P. concinna (LeConte). Shell broad and flat; carapace wrinkled on 

 the sides, olive or brownish in color with yellow or brownish markings ; 

 plastron yellow; head black, striped with red or yellow; length of 

 carapace 300 mm.; width 210 mm.: southern Maryland to Georgia, 

 Louisiana and Illinois; in rivers. 



P. rubriventris (LeConte). Red-belHed terrapin (Fig. 137). Cara- 

 pace brownish, streaked or blotched with red; plastron red, often tend- 

 ing towards orange or yellow; length of carapace 300 mm.; width 180 

 mm.; height no mm.; extreme length of carapace 450 mm.: eastern 



