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RlX'Cirs 2. Aspidoncctcs siMiiilcr d^'Sncur). 'I'lic ( "oiiiiikhi Sofi 



slirllcd Tiirllc. 



Tlu' L'uiniiuiii Sdli shelled 'I'liitle is scuiiet iines failed (lie Leather 

 Turtle 01' Leather back, and also called I he Soft-shell Turtle, the 

 I'Merce Tortoise and the Spiiiv S(d"l-sht lied Tiirlle. The first com 

 mon name In ^iveu because it is the most common of the sp'ecies of 





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Fig. 2. Common Soft-shelled Turtle, dorsal and ventral view and side view 

 of head. (One-half size of an immature specimen.) Drawn by W. U. Walton, iu 

 he [..aboratory of H. A. Surface. State Zoologist of Pennsylvauia. 



Soft-shelled Turtles tliat may occur in this State. The last name 

 is j;iven betause of the presence of piojections on the front fdge of 

 the leathery covering. 



