The Reptile Book 



Plate XIX 



1jL\.MI).NU hack TEKK_.\I'1N'. M.ilcicademmys palmtris. Adull 



DIAMOXD BACK TERRAPIN. Malatoclenmys paliislris DIAMONT) BACK TERRAPIN. Malacodcmmys paluslm 



Young; above Young; beneath 



Greatly esteemed as an article of diet. Specimens with a shell 8 inches long bring from S6o to $; 5 per dozen. The species frequents s;ilt 



marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf co.ists 



WOOD TCRTLE, Chdatius insculplv.s 

 By a bill passed recently in the state of New York, this species is protected from capture and sale in the markets 



