Taxonomy of Pseudemyd Turtles 29 



ABBREVIATIONS 

 ACE, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District. 

 AMNH, American Museum of Natural History. 

 CM, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 

 FMNH, Field Museum of Natural History. 

 KU, University of Kansas Museum of Natural History. 

 MCZ, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. 

 MES, Collection of Michael E. Seidel. 

 NCSM, North Carolina State Museum of Natural History. 

 UMMZ, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 

 USNM, National Museum of Natural History. 

 WVBS, West Virginia Biological Survey, Marshall University. 



SPECIMENS EXAMINED 

 P. alabamensis: MCZ 1659-61, 1663, 1898; AMNH 107676. P. nelsoni: UMMZ 

 127059-60; AMNH 75640; MCZ 54131, 54684. P. rubriventris: AMNH 71276, 

 71280, 71282, 71293, 76175, 79132, 79134, 80218, 81869, 90641-42, 90644; CM 

 34409, 37272, 39672, 45188; FMNH 22137; MCZ 1666, 1671, 1674, 1677, 12877, 

 76679, 157828; MES 132. P. f. flohdana: FMNH 8222; MCZ 1635, 1651, 

 46221-22; USNM 25260; AMNH 50985, 75641; NCSM 5884-85, 5927-28, 5930, 

 8518. P. f. peninsularis: FMNH 22074; UMMZ 12937, 130081,44976; AMNH 

 64156, 69899, 110189; MCZ 19179. P. f. hoyi: KU 1176-79, 1185, 2221, 2800, 

 2830-31, 40166; MCZ 29080-81. P. c. concinna: USNM 8920, 15990, 60895, 

 92529-31; FMNH 22138; MCZ 1642, 1664, 12764, 54680; AMNH 75649; NCSM 

 10328, 17339, 20128, 20240, 20253. P. c. suwanniensis: UMMZ 127058, 129385; 

 AMNH 80233; FMNH 22473; MCZ 43030, 54675, 54679. P. c. mobilensis: 

 AMNH 69908; MCZ 1636-39, 1648-50, 1652, 42327. P. c. hieroglyphica: 

 USNM 9659, 79449, 86728, 102679, 104397; CM 60560; CM (field series) 38068- 

 69, 38071-72, 38077, 38107, 38132, 38134, 38155; UMMZ 101754, 128176, 

 133845; AMNH 69901-02, 69905-06; WVBS 3155, 3965. P. c. texana: USNM 

 26424, 26438, 78518; UMMZ 133836, 154982; MCZ 46483; KU 39986, 49630; 

 AMNH 111960; MES 75. New River Pseudemys: USNM 192635-37; WVBS 

 4093; MES 489, 526, 528-29, 863, 865; UMMZ 88488; two adults released; two 

 hatchlings MES uncataloged; shell bones ACE FS1-68, FS2-81, FS2-183. 



RESULTS 



Analysis of patterns and color in adult specimens from Bluestone 

 Reservoir (Fig. 2) showed strong similarities to P. concinna. In all 12 

 specimens the submarginals contain dark markings that are usually 

 open circles rather than the smudgelike or solid circles common in P. 

 rubriventris and P.floridana (Carr 1952; Mount 1975). In most individ- 

 uals the bridge has an extensive dark pattern that contacts the submar- 

 ginal markings. The pleurals have relatively thin yellow-tan lines and 

 some individuals show the clearly defined "C" figure on pleural II typi- 

 cal of P. concinna. Ventral and supratemporal stripes on the head and 



