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It is found ill the Easti'i-u United Slates from Now Riuuswick to 

 tlie <J\ilf of Mexico and westward to Louisiana. Tho Allegheny 

 Mountains form almost a sliaip ltoundai;v line hctwcon this and the 

 next species, which is no doubt its western foini. Whether they 

 shouhl be recorded as distinct species or not is bfl for others to 

 determine. 



Fig. 8. Painted Turtle, showing complete dorsal view and outline of plastron. 

 (One-half nat. size.) Drawn by W. R. Walton, in Laboratory of Pa. State 

 Zoologist. 



The I'ainted Turtle has the carai)ace ovate, depressed, without 



keel, smooth, mar«;in llaiiiif; sli^^htly, never serrated posteriorly and 



but slightly notched. I'lastron immovable. .Alveolar surface of 



jaw narrow, well marked except in front ; upper jaw notched in 



front. Olive or greenish black, plates margined with }>aler, oj)- 



jmsite, slightly imbricated; marginal plates marked with bright red; 



plastron yellow, often blotched with brown. Length of shell 



occasionallv six inches. 



