The Terrapins 



a temperature of about 45° F. They are very fat when received 

 at the markets in the fall and in the cold vaults in which they 

 are usually stored they remain so sluggish that this fat is not 

 "worked off." Placed in an ordinary room temperature they 

 rapidly emaciate. 



KOHN'S TERRAPIN 

 Malacoclemmys kohnii, (Baur) 



This species was described by the late Dr. G. Baur in 1890.* 

 He explains that the form of the shell is much like that of an- 

 other of his new species, technically called M. oculijera, and 

 which the writer has popularly termed the Occellated Terrapin. 



Colouration. — The carapace resembles that of Lesueur's 

 Terrapin, but the colouration of the head is quite diflferent. 

 There is a large, yellow spot behind the eye, and a thin yellow 

 line, connecting with a shorter one, extending backward from 

 the upper portion of the eye. 



Distribution. — The species appears to inhabit those states 

 in and adjacent to the lower Mississippi Valley. It has been 

 taken at Bayou Lafourche, Bayou Teche and St. Martinsville, 

 Louisiana; also near Pensacola, Florida. 



BAUR'S TERRAPIN 



Malacoclemmys pulchara, (Baur)t 



The head markings of this species are the strongest charac- 

 ters for identification. The original description states: "The 

 whole space between and behind the orbits is characterised by 

 a continuous, yellow figure, which sends backward, on each side, 

 behind each orbit, a strong process of the same colour." 



The carapace is pale olive, with yellow markings about 

 the margin; the plastron is yellow, with darker markings. The 

 species attains an average size for this genus. 



Distribution. — The exact range of the species is not known. 

 The type specimens were taken on the Alabama River, near 

 Montgomery. Alabama. 



* Science. November 7, 1890. Vol. 16. 



t Described by G. Baur in the American Naturaltst of 1893, p. 675. 



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