

The Terrapins 



Shell broad and flat. Carapace olive or 

 brown, with numerous, black-edged, transverse, 

 yellow bands. Plastron yellow. Edges of jaws 

 but slightly serrated. 



BARRED TERRAPIN, C. COntinna. 



Distribution. Illinois to the Gulf States and east- 

 ward. 



Carapace higher and more constricted at sides 

 than that of preceding; olive or black, with 

 reddish cross-bars. Plastron red or deep orange. 

 Edges of jaws strongly serrated. 



RED-BELLIED TERRAPIN, C. rubriventris. 



Distribution. New York to Ohio; southward to 

 Florida. 



Carapace similar to preceding in form; the 

 paler markings run together, in reticulated 

 fashion. Jaws serrated. 



TEXAS TERRAPIN, C. Uxana. 



Distribution. Texas. 



Broadest band on bead, red; narrow bands 



yellow. 

 Carapace olive or brown, barred with yellow. 



Plastron yellow, blotched with black. 



CUMBERLAND TERRAPIN, C. elfgans. 



Distribution. Central States Illinois to Texas. 



No longitudinal stripes on bead of adult; a 

 yellow bar behind eye. 



Carapace with thickly crowded, parallel fur- 

 rows; blackish with dull yellow cross-bars. Plas- 

 tron usually immaculate, lemon yellow. 



YELLOW-BELLIED TERRAPIN, C. SCabra. 



Distribution. North Carolina to Georgia. 



Division III. Carapace high and globular in front; numerous 

 parallel grooves. 



Carapace moderately high, richly barred with 

 yellow, but slightly serrated in rear. Plastron 

 yellow, clouded with brown. A broad band 

 from below eye to throat; a yellow spot on each 

 temple; other head markings in fine lines. 



PENINSULA TERRAPIN, C. nebulosa. 



Distribution. Lower California. 

 Shell distinctly globular. Markings of carapace 

 similar to C. rubriventris: plastron yellow, with 

 narrow brown markings. 



ALABAMA TERRAPIN, C. alabamensis, 

 Distribution. Alabama. 

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