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There appears to be but little known concerning the life history 

 and nesting habits, of the Wood Turtle, as the only statement in 

 literature which we have found is by W. H. Smith who says '^In the 

 early spring the males and females seem to be together in damp 

 localities. Later I was able to find only the females and they were 

 uniformly filled with eggs," 



Further careful observations are gfeatly needed in this regard. 



Species 16. Clemmys guttatus (Schneider). Speckled Tortoise. 



The Speckled Tortoise has been cited in literature by the various 

 names of Speckled Turtle, Speckled Terrapin, Spotted Tortoise, 

 Spotted Turtle, Pond Turtle, Spotted Terrapin, Speckled Terrapin, 

 Yellow-spotted Terrapin and Speckled Back. 



Fig. 12. Speckled Turtle, showing outline of carapace and plastron and left 

 side view of complete specimen. (One-half nat. size.) Drawn by W. R. Walton, 

 from life, in office of State Zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa. 



The specific name ''guttatus" means spotted and refers to the 

 orange-yellow specks or spots to be seen on the back. 



The Speckled Turtle has carapace ovate, depressed, smooth, not 

 keeled, margin flaring, not serrate in the rear. Upper jaw deeply 

 notched, the edges nearly straight. Carapace black with round 

 orange spots, these spots rarely obsolete; plastron yellow, blotched 

 with black or black with faded patches of j-ellow. Above, the head 

 is black with a few yellow spots in front, and a larger spot of orange 

 over the region of the ear. Lower surface of the limbs and the 

 fleshy parts, pale salmon. Length four and one-half inches. 



