Observations on tne Chelonians 



of North America. V. 



DR. R. W. SHUFELDT, C. M. Z. S. 



Large male specimen of the Florida Terrapin, Chrysemys floridana, 

 seen upon ventral view and much reduced. 



I 



We have in the South a very remark- 

 able terrapin that, in so far as I am 

 aware, appears to be confined in its range 

 to the Peninsula of Florida and Southern 

 Georgia. It belongs to the genus Chry- 

 semys and is known as C. Floridona or 

 the Florida terrapin. This species I had 

 never before seen alive until a mag- 

 nificent specimen was kindly sent me 

 by Mr. R. H. Young, -of Haines City, 

 Florida. Shortly after its arrival in ex- 

 cellent condition, at my home in Wash- 

 ington, I had the opportunity to examine 

 some eight or ten other living specimens 



at the United States National Museum, 

 which had been forwarded by a collector 

 from Adel, Georgia. None of these lat- 

 ter, however, was as large as the young 

 specimen, this having a length of cara- 

 pace of over fourteen inches. That in- 

 dividual is now in the National Zoologi- 

 cal Park at Washington, as is also the 

 largest of the Adel specimens, the for- 

 mer having been presented by me after I 

 had secured a number of photographs of 

 it. One of these is here reproduced in 

 Figure I, taken on ventral view. All this 

 part of the shell is pale yellow, and the 



