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Color brownish or darker, plastron lighter brownish with a 

 black blotch on each plate. Length, 8 inches. Eastern 

 United States, from Maine to Pennsylvania and Ohio. 



This, though given as living mostly in ponds, appears to 

 be the most terrestrial of our turtles next to the Carolina 

 box turtle, and is quite a good walker, raising itself well 

 from the ground. It appears constantly on guard, ready 

 to defend itself. 



Chelopus guttatus (Schn.). 

 Speckled Tortoise. Spotted Turtle. 



Carapace not keeled, upper jaw notched but slightly. 

 Black with well-defined roundish orange or yellow spots, 

 which vary from sparse or almost absent to thickly scat- 

 tered ; plastron yellow or flesh color, blotched with black. 

 Length, four and a half inches 



New England to Pennsylvania and Indiana. Common 

 both in running and stagnant water, as well as in bogs. 

 This species is hardy in captivity and becomes very tame ; 

 its disposition towards others is harmless. 



Emys meleagris {Shaw). 

 Blanding's Turtle. 



Plastron with a movable transverse hinge across its mid- 

 dle ; the lateral suture between both shells also cartilagi- 

 nous ; body depressed, plastron emarginate behind ; toes 

 webbed. Black, usually with yellowish spots, which be- 

 come more elongate and streak-like as they reach the mar- 

 gins of the plates ; plastron yellowish and black ; head and 

 limbs with yellow spots and markings. The chin, lower 

 jaw and neck bright yellow. The young are black and 

 nearly circular. Length, eight inches. 



This animal is described as occurring from New Hamp- 

 shire and Massachusetts westward to Michigan, Illinois 

 and Wisconsin. Abbott * mentions it from central New 

 Jersey. 



1 See "A Naturalist's Rambles about Home." 



