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a yellowish brown to olive black, the latter 

 color being apparently that of the female. 

 Numberless roundish spots in yellow of 

 different shades are scattered, not only over 

 the back shell, but also over the soft parts 

 of the body. On the under side of the 

 legs a solid yellow takes the place of the 

 spots. Head and neck are rather long 

 and slender with irregular spots and 

 blotches of yellow and orange. The tail is 

 of medium length, striped with yellow. The 

 plastron is large, almost of the size of the 

 carapace, and is of a grayish black color 

 with a more or less pronounced yellow field 

 of irregular outlines in the middle. 



The Spotted Turtle is a lively little ani- 

 mal and quite commonly seen in wet ditches 

 and small creeks or low swamps. It can 

 easily be caught with the hand, and is as 

 harmless as the previous species, living very 

 well indeed in the aquarium. 



Muhlenberg's Tortoise, Water-turtle (Chclo- 

 pus nmhlcnbcrgii) resembles the Spotted 



