XXVIII. The Turtles of the Chautauqua 

 Region 



1. Common Soft-Shelled Turtle. Olive-brown with black spots; 



body flat, nearly orbicular; skin thick, leathery. 



2. Common Snapping Turtle. Dusky brown; head with dark spots. 



3. Mud Turtle. Dusky brown; head dark, with light spots. 



4. Musk Turtle or " Stink Pot." Dusky ; neck with two yellow 



stripes ; strong musky odor. 



5. Map Turtle. Dark olive green with greenish and yellow mark- 



ings ; legs and neck showily marked. 



6. Red-Bellied Terrapin. Dusky, with irregular red markings above; 



plastron red or partly yellowish; head and neck brown, with 

 reddish lines. 



7. Painted Turtle. Greenish black; marginal plates marked with 



bright red; plastron yellow; a very common turtle. 



8. Wood Tortoise. Shell carinated, the plates marked with con- 



centric striae and radiating black lines; reddish brown; in woods 

 and fields; fairly common. 



9. Speckled Tortoise. Black, with round orange spots; plastron yel- 



low blotched with black; fairly common. 



10. Common Box Turtle. Yellowish or blackish; body high and box- 

 like; plastron with a hinge or joint; in dry woods. 



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