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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF THE UNITED STATES 



the coast to northern Florida; westward to southern ^Michigan; very 

 common. 



C. insculpta (LeConte). Wood-turtle. Shell dark gray or brown 

 in color and much roughened by deep concentric grooves and ridges 

 on each plate; plastron yellow, with a large black blotch on each plate; 

 carapace keeled; length 150 mm.; width 120 mm.; soft parts, except the 



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Fig. 132. — Clemmys muhlenhergi {from Surface). 



top of the head and the limbs, red: northeastern States; southward to 

 Virginia; westward to Wisconsin; terrestrial, in fields and woods; 

 valued for food. 



C. niarmorata (Baird & Girard). Carapace smooth, dark brown 

 or black in color, with numerous yellow dots or dashes; plastron black 

 and yellow; length of carapace 150 mm.: entire Pacific slope, in ponds 

 and rivers; common. 



C. muhlenbergii (Schcepff) (Fig. 132). Carapace with fine concentric 

 lines on the plates in young adults, and dark brown or black in color, 

 with yellowish or reddish markings; head black, with a large orange 

 or yellow spot on each side; length of carapace 100 mm.; width 65 



