26 CHELYDRID™. 
Fig. 7. 
b 
Plastra of Macroclemmys temminckit. 
Cc 
Head extremely large ; eyes lateral and widely separated. Neck 
and chin with small dermal flaps. Tail two thirds or three fourths 
the length of the carapace in the adult, with three series of feebly 
elevated large tubercles above. 
The largest specimen measures :—Head and neck 26 centim., 
carapace 58, tail 45. 
North America, from Western Texas to Florida, northwards to 
Missouri. 
a,b. Ad., stffd. Mississippi. 
e, d. Ad., skel. Mississippi. John Dillon, Esq. [ P. 
e. Ad., stffd. Louisiana. W. P. Smith [C.]. 
Ff. Hegr., skull & shell. N. America. Smithsonian Inst. 
