SHUFELDT] RARE DEFORMITY IN A PAINTED TURTLE 



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abnormal specimen described below, he having presented it to me 

 on the 17th of Jiily, 19 13, at the same time making me a gift of one 

 of the most beautiful examples of the normal reptile that it has ever 

 been my pleasure to study. This latter is shown in Figure 2,6, and 

 is normal in every particular. Its inferior aspect is seen in Figure 

 3, which is correct in all respects in so far as form is concerned; 

 but it gives one no idea at all of the great beauty of this species; 



Reduced One-half 



Figs. 1 and 2 



Photo by Author 



its elegant, orange-colored plastron, and the intense scarlet and 

 jetty markings of the marginal parts of the under side of the cara- 

 pace. 



Figures 1,2,4 and 5 are devoted to the abnormal individual, the 

 entire series of photographs, of which these figures are reproduc- 

 tions, having been made by me on the i8th of July, 1913, and are of 

 the size of nature. Both these turtles were in perfect health and 

 vigor when received, and the deformed one was kept alive until the 

 loth of August, 1 9 13, in order to observe whether its deformity 

 caused it any inconvenience or not. 



This deformity consisted in a central and symmetrical mounding- 

 up of the carapace, as shown in the cuts (Figs. 2, a and Fig. 5), 

 while in all other respects the animal was perfectly formed, being 



