Length 3$ to 5 inches. Color of carapace olive brown or 
green with dark stripes on lateral and marginal plates; plas- 
tron yellowish with dark blotches. Head and neck colored like 
carapace, with yellow lines on each side; feet and tail reddish 
brown. Colors frequently obscured by adhering mud. Cara- 
pace oblong, broader behind than in front, with a dorsal ridge. 
Head large, pyramidal, nostrils placed at end of snout.. Neck, 
legs and feet granulated. Tail short, with several series of 
pointed warty growths. Strong, musky, disagreeable odor. 
Ditches and ponds. 
R. W. P. Coll., one specimen which was taken in Cranston. 
4. Chrysemys picta, Schneider. 
Painted turtle; Mud turtle. 
Testudo picta, Herm, Schneider, Gmelin, Shaw, Daudin, 
Testudo cinerea, Schneider, Shaw, Schoepfr. 
Imys picta, Schweigger, Merrem, Say, Fitzinger, Gravenhorst, 
Leconte, Harlan, Gray, Dumeril and Bibron, Holbrook, 
Storer, DeKay. 
Emys cinerea, Schweigger, Merrem. 
Chrysemys picta, Agassiz, Allen, Cope, Jordan. 
Chrysemys dorsalis, Agassiz. 
Length 5 to 9 inches. Color of carapace olive brown, 
sometimes darker, with irregular yellow lines, margined with 
black ; a narrow, yellow dorsal line; plastron orange or yellow, 
often with black blotches; neck, feet and tail, dark brown or 
black with red and yellow stripes. Carapace oblong, smooth, 
minutely notched behind. The median line of plastron often 
irregular. Head moderate in size, upper jaw notched. Tail 
short, scaly. 
Ponds and muddy places. 
Occurs generally about the state. Very common in Cun- 
liff’s Pond. 
R. W. P. Coll., six specimens and eggs. 
5. Clemmys guttata, Schneider. 
Spotted turtle. 
Testudo guttata, Schneider, Shaw. 
Testudo punctata, Schneider, Schoept, Latreille, Daudin, Le- 
conte, 
Emys punctata, Merrem, Say, Harlan, Kirtland. 
Emys guttata, Schweigger, Holbrook, Storer, Gray, DeKay, 
Dumeril and Bibron. 
Clemmys punctata, Wagler. 
Chelopus guttatus, Cope. 
Nanemys guttatus, Agassiz, Jordan. 
