TERRARIA AND AQUA-TERRARIA 



and granular skin. The fore-legs are large and thick, with five digits and 

 thick strong nails; the hind-legs are short, thick and clavate, with four digits 

 and strong nails. The tail varies somewhat in length. The general color 

 of the carapace is brownish-yellow clouded with dark brown, and the 

 plastron a dirty yellow. Length of shell 14^ in. and plastron ii)4 in. 

 Found in the pine woods as far north as the Carolinas and lives in burrows 

 like the Woodchuck or Ground Hog; feeding on plants, vegetable matter, 

 worms and grubs. 



Clemmys insculpus (Le Conte), or Wood Tortoise, has an oval emar- 

 ginate carapace and an oblong smaller plastron. The head is large and 

 elongated ; the upper jaw emarginate in front and notched to form two 

 cutting teeth ; the lower jaw having a strong hook. The fore-legs are the 

 larger and have five digits with short, strong and slightly curved nails, the 

 hjnd-legs broad with five digits and four nails. The tail is long, thick at 

 the base and slender at the end. The color of the carapace is brown, 

 marked with radiating black lines and concentric strise of yellowish color. 

 The head and limbs are dull cinnibar-red and the plastron yellow with 

 large black blotches at the margins. Length of carapace 8 in., breadth 5 

 in., elevation 2^ in. Found throughout entire States east of Ohio, in 

 woods and fields, sometimes in or near water. It is very restless and con- 

 stantly in motion. 



Clemmys muhlenbergi (Schw.), or Muhlenberg's Tortoise, has an 

 oblong arched and slightly carinate carapace and oblong plastron. The 

 head is short and broad with pointed snout, the jaws strong, the upper 

 notched with a short hook and the lower with a nearly straight cutting 

 edge. The limbs are like those of the Box Turtle, and the tail large, 

 nearly conical, thick at the base and pointed at the end. The color of 

 the smooth carapace is dark brown, with the plates relieved with dull yel- 

 low and pale brown, and the plastron is almost black at the margins and 

 yellow in the middle. Its principal character is the large orange spot at 

 each side of the head, encircling the eyes. Found in small brooks and 

 running water of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and adjoining States. 



Clemmys gutattus (Schn.), or Speckled Tortoise, has an ovoid, more 

 or less flattened, smooth carapace and large oval plastron. The head is 

 short, smooth and rather pointed ; the upper jaw emarginate in front, and 

 the lower jaw notched to form a rounded hook. The forelegs are short 

 and the five digits slightly webbed with long slender nails ; the hind-legs 

 short with five digits and four nails. The tail is long and slightly com- 

 pressed, tapering to a point. The color of the carapace, head and limbs 

 is black, dotted with orange spots, and the upper surface of the tail red- 

 dish, spotted with brown. This Tortoise may be found in ponds, brooks 



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