LIZAEDS, TORTOISES AND BATEACHIANS 395 



13 Cheiopus muhlenbergii Scliw. 



Muhlenberg's tortoise 

 De Kay. Emys muhlenbergii, Mulilenberg's tortoise, p. 17, pi. 8, fig. 15 



Brown with yellowish markings ; plastron black with yellowish 

 blotches ; an orange spot on each side of the neck ; plates of back 

 plain or concentrically grooved. Length 4^ inches. 



Southern part of state, particularly in the branches of the Dela- 

 ware river. ' 



14 Cheiopus insculptus Le Conte 



Wood tortoise 

 De Kay. Emys insculptus, wood terrapin, p. 14, pi. 4, flg. 8 

 Carapace with a keel, its plates marked with concentric striae and 

 radiating black lines ; ground color yellowish or reddish brown ; 

 plastron with a black blotch on each plate. Length 8 inches. 

 All over the state, taken both in land and water. 



15 Cheiopus guttatus Schnei. 

 Speckled tortoise 

 De Kay. Emys guttata, the spotted tortoise, p. 13, pi. 16, flg. 12 

 Black with yellow spots, whose number varies with age, the 

 the young having only a single spot on each plate ; plastron yellow, 

 blotched with black. Length 4J inches. 



Common in ponds all over the state, frequently seen sitting on logs. 



16 Emydoidea blandingii Holbrook 

 Blomdvng's tortoise 

 DeKay. Cistudo blandingii, p. 25, pi. 1, flg. 2 

 Black with numerous round or oblong yellow spots ; plastron 

 -with a transverse hinge, as in the common land tortoise, enabling 

 the animal to shut itself up tightly. Young jet black without spots. 

 Eare but possibly to be taken in this state. 

 In habits similar to following. 



17 Cistudo Carolina L. 



Box tortoise 

 De Kay. C. Carolina, box turtle, p, 24, pi. 21, flg. 1 

 Colors highly variable, usually yellowish brown with spots and 

 blotches of yellow ; plastron with a hinge, as in preceding. Length 

 5-7 inches. 



Found all over the state in dry places. 



