Species of North American Tortoises. 117 



11. Testudo puxctata. 



Testa ovata, laevis, nigra, flavo punctata. 



Testudo guttata and T. anonyma, Schneider. T. terrestris 

 amboinensis, Seba I. tab. Ixxx. fig. 7. 



Shell ovate, smooth, generally emarginate behind, ecarinate, 

 black spotted with yellow, the vertebral plates with scarcely 

 ever more than one spot, the lateral with from one to nine, the 

 marginal with always one on each. First vertebral plate sub- 

 quadrangular, rather wider before than behind ; the three next 

 hexagonal, the fifth heptagonal ; all of them nearly equal 

 in size : lateral plates larger, the first nearly triangular, the rest 

 quadrangular : intermediate marginal plate linear, narrow, the 

 rest all oblong or square, the first one projecting beyond the 

 rest at its outer angle. Sternum emarginate behind, yellow, 

 with large dusky blotches on the fore part and sides ; or black, 

 vni\\ a little red on the sides and middle, the plates marked with 

 concentric strise ; marginal plates beneath yellow, those near 

 the wings generally varied with dusky ; scapular plates trian- 

 gular, extending a little beyond the rest, with a small projection 

 at the exterior angle directed forwards ; brachial plates trian- 

 gular, likewise extending beyond the next at the exterior and 

 posterior angle ; pectoral and abdominal plates oblong ; femo- 

 ral plates oblong with their lower faces oblique, projecting be- 

 yond the caudal at their exterior and posterior angle ; caudal 

 plates triangularly-quadrangular ; supplementary plates of the 

 wings unconnected with the wings, and placed on the under 

 side of the fourth and seventh marginal plates. Skin black ; 

 head smooth ; neck granulate, more or less spotted with yel- 

 low ; jaws yellow, or dark horn color, or reddish brown, the 

 upper one emarginate. Legs and tail scaly, the fore legs be- 



