AMPHIBIA AND REPTILIA OF COLORADO II7 



/ Terrapene omata (Agassiz) 

 Painted Box Turtle 

 Cistudo ornate Agassiz, Contrih. Nat. Hist. U.S., Vol. I, p. 445, 1857. 



Carapace much elevated and rounded, compressed in the mid- 

 dorsal region; marginals, 25; plastron broad, of twelve plates, the 

 two halves on a common hinge so that the plastron may be closed 

 against the margin of the carapace; size up to ten inches. 



General color above and below yellowish or yellowish brown, with 

 numerous rather bright yellow stripes and bars, varying to quite pale 

 brown with indistinct markings. 



Range, Illinois to the Rocky Mountains, south into Texas. 



Colorado specimens. — University Museum: Wray, October 27, 191 2 

 (120 mm.), M. M. Ellis, No. 262; Colorado State Historical and Natural History 

 Museum: Wray, May 20, 1904 (140 mm.), W. C. Ferril; Lamar, June 20, 1904 

 (140 mm.), H. G. Smith; Kit Carson, September 6, 1907 (150 mm.), W. C. Ferril; 

 private collection of E. Bethel, Denver (2 carapaces, 125 and 150 mm.), E. Bethel; 

 State Teachers' College Museum: Ft. Morgan and Box Elder, A. E. Beardsley; 

 reported by Cockerell from near Boulder. 



^ Terrapene triunguis (Agassiz) 

 Three-Toed Box Tortoise, or Box Turtle 

 Cistudo triunguis Agassiz, Contrih. Nat. Hist. U.S., Vol. I, p. 445, 1857. 



This tortoise differs little in general appearance from the preceding 

 one, aside from the difference in the number of toes. In color it is 

 greenish brown with very indistinct lighter markings. 



Range, west of the Mississippi, north into Kansas and Colorado. 



Colorado specimen. — Colorado State Historical and Natural History Museum: 

 Wray, May 20, 1904 (130 mm.), H. G. Smith. 



Distribution 



The discussion of the distribution of our herpetological fauna may 

 be divided into two parts, the general or geographic distribution, and 

 the altitudinal distribution. 



Tables 1,2,3 ^^^ 4 give the data for the geographic distribution. 

 It is to be noted that the absence of a record does not exclude the 



