52. CHRYSEMYS 981 
226. Chrysemys marginata bellii (Gray) 
WESTERN PaINTED TuRTLE 
Emys Bellit Gray, Syn, Rept. Griffith’s An. Kingd., 1831, p. 31 (type 
locality, America?) ; Dumerit & Bisron, Erpét. Générale, Vol. I, 
1835, p. 302; Gray, Cat. Tort. Croc. Amphis. Brit. Mus., 1844, 
e275 
Emys Oregoniensis Harian, Amer. Journ. Sci., Vol. XX XI, 1837, p. 382, 
pl. (type locality, ponds near Columbia River); Horsrook, 
N. Amer. Herp., Ed. 2, Vol. I, 1842, p. 107, pl. XVI. 
Chrysemys bellii Gray, Cat. Shield Rept., Vol. I, 1855, p. 33; AGassiz, 
Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., 1857, Vol. I, p. 439, Vol. II, pl. VI, figs. 
8, 9; Hay, Batrachia and Reptilia Indiana, 1892, p. 186; 
Hurrer, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. VI, 1892, p. 186; Van 
Densurcu, Occas. Pap. Cal. Acad. Sci., Vol. V, 1897, p. 33; Dir- 
Mars, Reptile Book, 1907, p. 33, pl. XIII, fig. 1. 
Chrysemys oregonensis Honproox, N. Amer. Herpetology, Ed: 2, Vol: 1, 
1842,-p---107; Acassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., 1857, Vol. I, p. 440, 
Vol. II, pl. III, figs. 1-3; Barrp, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Vol. II, 
1859, Rept., p. 4; Core, Ann. Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Terrs., 1871, 
(1872), p. 468; Cope, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1, 1875, p. 533 
Yarrow, Surv. W. tooth Merid., Vol. V, 1875, p. 583. 
Chrysemys nuttalii Acassiz, Contr. Nat. Hist. U. S., 1857, Vol. H, p. 
642 (new name for C. oregoniensis). 
Clemmys oregoniensis SrraucH, Mém Acad. Sci. St. Petersb., Ser. 7, 
Vol. V, No. 7, 1862, p. 114. 
Chrysemys cinerea bellii BouLENGER, Cat. Chelonians Brit. Mus., 1889, 
P- 74; SIEBENROCK, Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. 10, Heft 3, 1909, p. 461. 
Chrysemys belli True, Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 24, 1883, p. 35; CRAGIN, 
Bull. Washburn Laborat., Vol. I, 1885, p. 101; Hurrer, Trans. 
Acad. Sci. St. Louis, Vol. XX, 1911, p. 236; Ertrs & HenperRson, 
Univ. Colorado Studies, Vol. X, No. 2, 1913, p. 115; Extis & 
Henpverson, Univ. Colorado Bull., Vol. XV, No. 6, 1915, p. 263; 
Dice, Univ. Cal. Publs. Zool., Vol. 16, No. 17, 1916, p. 306. 
Chrysemys marginata bellii STE]NEGER & Barpour, Check List N. Amer. 
Amph. Rept., 1917, p. 118; BLancHarb, Copeia, 1921, No. 90, p. 6. 
Description.—Shell comparatively narrow, depressed but 
not very low, without dorsal keel. Vertebrals five, usually 
longer than broad. Costals four, first longest, second high- 
