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and limbs gray, profusely 



spotted with black Diamond-Back Terra- 

 pin {Malacoclemmys 

 palustris) . 

 Tail long, partly covered 



with plates; head very 



large ; color brown or 



olive Snapping Turtle {Che- 



lydra scrpoitina). 



c. Feet club-shaped, xot webbed TORTOISES. 



Carapace high ; plastron 

 hinged; color brown, ir- 

 regularly marked with yel- 

 low Box Tortoise {Cistiidc 



Carolina). 



FIQ. 21. HEAD OF LEATHER-BACK TURTLE 



