11. cLEMMYs. 109 
without lighter variegations; a large, subtriangular orange spot on 
each side above the ear; limbs brownish yellow, with black and 
orange spots. 
Length of shell 9 centim. 
New York to North Carolina. 
a. 3, spir. Upper Darby, Pensylvania. Smithsonian Instit. [P.]. 
b. 2, spir. Pensylvania. 
ce. 9, stffid. N. America. 
7. Clemmys guttata. 
Testudo guttata, Schneid. Schrift. Ges. Naturf. Fr. x. p. 264 (1792). 
punctata, Schoepff, Test. p. 25, pl. v. (1792); Daud. Rept. 
ii. p. 159, pl. xxii. (1802); Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. iii. p. 117 
(1830). 
Emys guttata, Schweigg. Prodr. p. 40 (1814); Dum. & Bibr. ii. 
p. 295 (1885); Hollr. N. Am. Herp. i. p. 81, pl. xi. (1842); 
Dekay, Faun. N. Y., Rept. p. 13, pl. vi. fig. 12 (1842) ; Gray, Cat. 
Tort. p. 26 (1844); Wied, N. Acta Ac. Leop.-Carol. xxxii. i. p. 22 
(1865). 
punctata, Merr. Tent. p. 24 (1820). 
Terrapene punctata, Bonap, Osserv. s. sec. Ed. d. R. A. p. 159 
(1830). 
Geoclemys guttata, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 19 (1855), and Suppl. 
p. 27 (1870). 
Nanemys guttata, Agassiz, Contr. N. H. U.S. i. p. 442, pl. i. figs. 7-9 
(1857). 
Clemmys guttata, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 107 (1862), and Verth. 
Schildkr. p. 67 (1865). 
Geoclemmys sebe, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 188. 
Chelopus guttatus, Cope, Check-List N. Am. Rept. p. 53 (1875). 
Carapace moderately depressed, smooth and without trace of a 
keel in the adult ; nuchal very narrow, often almost linear; verte- 
brals 2 to 4 much broader than long, a little narrower than the second 
costal. Plastron large, concave in the males, openly emarginate 
posteriorly ; the width of the bridge much less than the length of 
the hind lobe ; abdominal shields larger than pectorals; the longest 
median suture is that between the anal shields, the shortest that 
between the humerals; axillary and inguinal shields small or 
absent. Head moderate; snout not prominent; upper jaw not 
hooked, notched in the middle; the width of the mandible at the 
symphysis nearly equals the horizontal diameter of the orbit. Digits 
short, with short or rudimentary web; claws moderate. Tail about 
one third the length of the shell in the female, two fifths to one 
half in the male, two thirds in the young. Carapace deep black, 
each shield with one or more round yellow spots; plastron black 
and yellow, the black usually predominating; head black above, 
with a few round yellow spots, and a larger subtriangular one on 
each side above the ear; lips, lower surface of neck, and limbs 
black and yellow or reddish, 
Length of shell 11 centim. 
United States, east of Ohio and north of South Carolina. 
