10^7 



1088 



Sp. 2. T. polyphemus: testa convexa ] dorso 

 complanato, sciitis duobus posticis connatis; sterno 

 antice porrecto, postice profunde retusoj capite ge- 

 nisque squamosi»; cauda vix ulla. 



T, polyphemus, Daud. Rept. ii.p. 256. — Say, 

 Joiirn. Ac. Phil. IV. p. 204. et 207. sp. 1. 



T. Carolina, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Yorh. III. 

 pap. 97. sp. i. (descr. opt.) nee Auct. (quae Eniys 

 clausa.) 



Test, tabulata, Schoepff. Test. pag. 56. t. Xlll. 

 >ur, 



T. tessellata ? lYIerr. Syst. Amph. p. 3». sp. 37. 



Gopher, Bartram's Travels, 



La Tortue gopher, Bosc., in Nou v. Dict. H. N. ed. 



t. XXII. p. 269. 



Gopher et IMungiifa Angio - Americanorum et 



Nisrrorum Geor°iae. 



Extat in Museo nostro. 



SScivo^iit bii fftabtlwilbn von Sloriba un6 ©cotgia 

 "Dil juro gdiiK ©auanna^, nicf)t n4tMicf)«rj fommt auf bie 



Genus 2. Terrapene. * 



Testudo, L. — Emys, Brong. Bell. Gray. — 

 Tortues d'eau douce, Cuv. 



Testa depressiuscula (parce convexa) marginibus 

 sUbpattilis, bcutis marginalibus pluribus cum sterni 

 scutis binis a laterc expansis arcte immediate con- 

 nexa. Sternum non articulatum. 



Scuta disci 13, marginalia 25. Stern? 12, scutella 

 accessoria hinc inde bina ad extremitates suturae 

 sterno-costalis. 



Caput, cauda et pedes ex toto retractiles. 



Pedes ratione formae et situs natatorii, digitis 

 distinctis, membrana integra connexis: ungues lon- 

 giuaculi, in pedibus anticis 5, in posticis 4. 



Cauda longiuscula pcdesque [squamis tenuibus 

 tecti. 



Statuta saepius parva vel mediocris. 



Aquaticae; in fluviis, lacubus vitam degunt ; 

 vix unquam terram petunt, nisi ut generationis ne- 

 götia vacent, aut ah altero stagno in aiteram secon- 

 ferant. Demersae etiam natant, urinantur egregle. 

 Pr.ie caeteris celeres; agilitati fidunt ut periculum 

 effugiant, et non nisi ab aqua dissitae atque in tre- 

 pidationc summa caput artusque abdunt. Fere ex- 



iDer 9lame Emys ge^Srt bet folgenbcn iSippc, rDtli)t bie 

 Oattitngcn Emys ber JCttcn ctitljAU; Terrapene bagea«!» 

 bic Terrapins bsv otrciniattn ©toaten. 



clusive carnivorae: victitant insectis, vermibuSf 



pisciculi-. 



Sp' ' les numero^ae in America boreali et meri- 

 dionali nuUa ex Europa, aut aliis regionibus mi- 

 hi cognita. 



Sp 1. Terrapene floridana: testa ecarinata, ru- 

 gosa; scotello marginali impari triangulari, integer- 

 rimo ; tii indibula edentula. 



Te Uido floridana, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. 

 111. pag. ) Ol. sp. 2. (descr. opt.) — Extat in Museo 

 nostro, 



Q>cii>(>'5nt b<n @t. So^ni 9t(«(C in Oflflociba. &(^tt^ 

 »5— »7 3oH. 



Sp. ■-. Terrapene rubriventris : testa ecarinata, 

 rugosa; scutello marginali impari rectangulari; man- 

 dibula dentieuiata. 



Emys serrata, Say, Journ, Ac. Phil. IV. p. 204. 

 et 208. sp. 2. nee Auct. 



Testudo rubriventris, Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N.Y. 

 III. p. 101. sp. 3. (descr. opt.) 



T. rugosa? Shaw. Zool. Hl. p. 28. t. 4 ? 



Vulgo: Red-bellied Terrapin. Potter. — Extat 

 in Museo nostro. 



SScwo^nt bie Slaffe B« mittleren «ereinigten Staaten 

 won 9ieiK<5rorfa bii aSicginien, befen6er6 im Selawate unb 

 Sbefapeate. föemein ju 'irenton, ^f)ilabelp^ia unb Salti« 

 racre, wirb jroor gtgeJTen, fc^mecft ober ni^it befonbetä. 

 ©c^ilb faum t guf. 



Sp. 3. Terrapene retictiJata: testa ecarinata, ru- 

 gosa; scutello marginali impari oblonge, angusto, in- 

 tegro j coUo praelongo. 



Testudo reticularia, Latr. Rept. 2. pag. 124. 

 cum ic. 



Testudo reticulata, Daud. Rept. 11. p. 144. t. 

 2J. f. 3. — Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Yorck. 111. p. 103. 

 »p. 4- 



Emys r^ticulata, Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 26. sp. 

 18. nee Say (quae T. concinna.) 



La Tortuc reticulaire, Bosc. in Nouv, Dict. H. 

 N. ed. 1. XXll. p. 265. 



Vulgo: Yellow-bellied Terrapin. 



^ewo^nt bieSBei^er ber fdbUcberen ccreinigten @taat 

 ecn, ni(i)t neicer ali Sapctteoillr in 97otb>CarDlina ; iicmli<t) 

 fcUen; SleifcJ) gut unb fcftraacfljaft; ©c^ilb 6 ^oü. Zwi^tt 

 jetcf)net bucc^ bie Sdnge U6 S^alfti, ba§ man pt imSBafTcr 

 manchmal fär eine ^c^iange ^älc 



Sp. 4. Terrapene serrata: testa carinato, ru- 

 gosa , postice profunde serrata ; scutello mar- 

 ginali impari lineari, subsemicylindrico , porrecto. 



Testudo serrata, Daud. Rept. 11. p. 148. t. 21. 



