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and granular skin. ‘The fore-legs are large and thick, with five digits and 
thick strong nails; the hind-legs are short, thick and clavate, with four digits 
and strong nails. ‘The tail varies somewhat in length. The general coior 
of the carapace is brownish-yellow clouded with dark brown, and the 
plastron a dirty yellow. Length of shell 1434 in. and plastron 12% in. 
Found in the pine woods as far north as the Carolinas and lives in burrows 
like the Woodchuck or Ground Hog; feeding on plants, vegetable matter, 
worms and grubs. 
Clemmys insculptus (Le Conte), or Wood Tortoise, has an oval emar- 
ginate carapace and an oblong smaller plastron. The head is large and 
elongated ; the upper jaw emarginate in front and notched to form two 
cutting teeth ; the lower jaw having a strong hook. The fore-legs are the 
larger and have five digits with short, strong and slightly curved nails, the 
hind-legs broad with five digits and four nails. The tail is long, thick at 
the base and slender at the end. The color of the carapace is brown, 
marked with radiating black lines and concentric strie of yellowish color. 
The head and limbs are dull cinnibar-red and the plastron yellow with 
large black blotches at the margins. Length of carapace 8 in., breadth 5 
in., elevation 234 in. Found throughout entire States east of Ohio, in 
woods and fields, sometimes in or near water. It is very restless and con- 
stantly in motion. 
Clemmys muhlenbergi (Schw.), or Muhlenberg’s Tortoise, has an 
oblong arched and slightly carinate carapace and oblong plastron. The 
head is short and broad with pointed snout, the jaws strong, the upper 
notched with a short hook and the lower with a nearly straight cutting 
edge. The limbs are like those of the Box Turtle, and the tail large, 
nearly conical, thick at the base and pointed at the end. The color of 
the smooth carapace is dark brown, with the plates relieved with dull yel- 
low and pale brown, and the plastron is almost black at the margins and 
yellow in the middle. Its principal character is the large orange spot at 
each side of the head, encircling the eyes. Found in small brooks and 
running water of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and adjoining States. 
Clemmys gutattus (Schn.), or Speckled Tortoise, has an ovoid, more 
or less flattened, smooth carapace and large oval plastron. The head is 
short, smooth and rather pointed ; the upper jaw emarginate in front, and 
the lower jaw notched to form a rounded hook. The forelegs are short 
and the five digits slightly webbed with long slender nails ; the hind-legs 
short with five digits and four nails. The tail is long and slightly com- 
pressed, tapering to a point. The color of the carapace, head and limbs 
is black, dotted with orange spots, and the upper surface of the tail red- 
dish, spotted with brown. This Tortoise may be found in ponds, brooks 
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