232 Fresh Water Aquarium 



It has no bright colors nor graceful form 

 to recommend it. The carapace is of a 

 grayish brown color and almost round in 

 outline. Running lengthwise over it are 

 three strongly serrated ridges. The front 

 half of the marginal plates has a smooth 



Fig. 102. Snapping Turtle, Chelydra serpentina. 



border, but the rear half is very strongly 

 dentated, the largest dents being nearest 

 the tail. On young specimens the under 

 sides of the marginal plates show irregular 

 blotches of ivory white. The plastron is 

 small, of a grayish black color, and rigidly 



