The Terrapins 



Similar to preceding, but the upper jaw is very 

 finely, instead of coarsely serrated. 



MOBILE TERRAPIN, C. mobHiensis. 

 Distribution. — Southern portions of the Gulf States. 

 Division IV. Shell very high and globular in jront; numerous 

 parallel grooves. 

 Head very small, with fmc, yellow lines. 

 Carapace black, with yellow bands. Plastron 

 immaculate, lemon yellow. 



FLORIDA TERRAPIN, C. flotidana. 

 Distribution. — Georgia and Florida. 



THE PAINTED TERRAPIN: POND TURTLE 

 Chrysemys pida, (Herm.) 



Carapace flat and perfectly smooth, the borders evenly 

 rounded. Plastron wide — no notches. Maximum length about 

 six inches. 



Colouration. — Carapace dark olive, brown or black, the 

 shields quite widely margined with greenish yellow; marginal 

 shields of the carapace — above and beneath, bordered with 

 crimson and containing blotches and crescentic markings of 

 that hue. Plastron immaculate yellow. 



The crimson markings are particularly bright on young 

 specimens; very young individuals have a broad, yellow band 

 on the back. On very old specimens there is little or no trace 

 of red on the upper marginal shields, though the lower shields 

 nearly always show this characteristic colour. 



Head black, striped with yellow; the neck and the limbs 

 are striped with a similar red as seen on the marginal shields. 



Dimensions. — A large example has a carapace about six 

 inches long, but such is above the average dimensions, which 

 are given : 



Length of Carapace 4J inches. 



Width of " 3f " 



Length of Plastron 4! " 



Width of Plastron to junction with upper shell, 3 J " 



Distribution. — Eastern North America — from New Bruns- 

 wick to the Gulf of Mexico. In the extreme South it extends 

 westward to Louisiana. It is particularly abundant in the 

 Middle Atlantic States. 



Habits. — Basking on a partially submerged log or minia- 

 ture island of bunch-grass and plunging into the water when 



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