THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE XXVIII 



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SPIXY SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE, Trionyx spinifer 

 The specimen figured is half-grown. At maturity the ring-like markings become quite obscure. Abundant in the Central States 



SPINY SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE, Trionyx spinifer 

 The plastron is soft and easily lacerated if the turtle leaves the water to crawl over a hard, rough surface 



