ccxiv EMTOiDa:. BEPTILES. EMYDroa!. 
'I’oi'toise of the Soutlieni States, whicli bears the 
most common 'I'urtles of the Northern States, as far 
above designation. It is found as far nortli as 
east as New England. It is greenish-black, the 
North Carolina, in troops among the pine barrens, 
plates having paler margin. The marginal plates are 
and lives entirely on vegetables. 'I’he flesh is es- 
marked with bright red. 'I’he plastron is yellow. 
teemed a great delicacy. It measures fourteen inches 
sometimes blotched with brown. Length of shell. 
in length. 
six and a half inches. A variety, C. marginata, has 
Family — EMYDIDiE. 
the plates of the carapace in quincunx. It is found 
'J’he Pond I’urtles. 
in Western New York, and westward. 0. oregon- 
ensis is found in Minnesota and westward, and has 
Seventy or eighty species of this family are 
no red markings. 
recorded, widely distributed over the world, of which 
MAP TURTLE {Malacoclemmys geographicus ). — 
a few are terrestrial. 
Emys geographica of Leseur. 'I'liis is one of the 
BOX-TURTLE [Gistudo claum). — 'I’his is the Cis- 
group called Marsh 'I'urtles. Its curious markings 
tudo Carolina of Holbrook, and inhabits theUnited 
are suggestive of the lines of a map; hence the 
States from Maine and New York to Missouri, and 
name. It is found in the Mississippi Valley, and 
southward. It is partial to dry woods. Its colors 
north-eastward to New York. 
are variable, but are mostly blackish, variegated with 
LESEUR’S MAP TURTLE {M. pseudo-geographi- 
yellowish. A variety, called the Three-toed Box 
cus). — Has a habitat in Wisconsin to Ohio, and 
fl'urtle (0. triunquis), found from Pennsylvania 
southwest. It is much like the preceding, but grayer ; 
southward, is paler in color, and has the hind feet 
the markings are paler and in larger pattern. 
mostly three-toed. The Box 'I’urtle is frequently 
SALT-MARSH TURTLE (M. palustr is). —GnWed, 
found bearing marks, dates, etc., whicli have been 
also. Diamond-back; and 'I'estudo palustris by Le- 
placed upon it years before its present capture. 
conte. The colors are greenish or olive, of dark 
'I’he author found one in Uxbridge, Mass., which 
shade ; with concentric dark stripes along the plates 
bore the initials of a relative and a date, which were 
of both shells. Its habitat is from New York to 
recognized as having been cut upon the back of the 
Texas, along the c'oast. “ It is found along the 
reptile thirty years previously. This genus has the 
northern shores of Long Island, where it is called 
shell curiously constructed to shut closely, hiding 
Salt-water Terrapin, and is the justly prized and 
completely from view the extremities. It has a long 
well-known 'I'errapin of epicures. 'They are found 
list of synonyms. Locally it is the Pine Barren 
exclusively in salt or brackish streams near the sea 
'I’errapin, and is called by the negroes Cooler. 
shore. 'I’hey bury themselves in the mud during the 
THE NORTHERN BOX-TURTLE {G. ornata). —'\'\us 
winter, from which they are taken in great numbers. 
is found in Iowa and other Western States. It 
and are then very fat.” — DeKay. 
is described as having a flat, round and broad shell, 
SMOOTH TERRAPIN {Emys terrapin). — This 
without a keel, even when young. 
species is found placed in DeKay’s Eat. Hist. 
WOOD TORTOISE {Ghelopus insculptus). — Emys 
New Yorh Zoology, 1842, with the above-named 
insculpta of Holbrook. Inhabits the States east of 
nomenclature. Its synonyms are recorded as fol- 
Ohio, in woods and flelds. The shell is keeled, its 
lows : Testudo terrapin, Schffipff; Emys concentrica. 
plates marked with concentric striae and radiating 
Gray ; and Emys terrapin. Holbrook. Dr. DeKay 
lines. 'I'liere is a black spot upon each scale. 
remarks: “Both this and the preceding (M. palus- 
MUHLENBERG’S TORTOISE [C. muhlenlergi).— 
tris) are brought to our markets at the same time. 
'I'his is the Emys muhl. of Holbrook, E. biguttata 
and sold under the name of ‘ 'I'errapin.’ 'J’he market 
of Say, and 'I’estudo muhl. of Leconte. Its range 
people say that they are caught in the same localities. 
is very limited, being found only in New Jersey and 
I am inclined to think that the latter inhabits indif- 
Eastern Pennsylvania, and is even there rarely seen. 
ferentl}' salt and fresh water.” 
'I'he length is about three and a half inches. It in- 
RED-BELLIED TERRAPIN {Pseudemys rugosa ) — • 
habits small brooks and streams of running water. 
Emys rubriventris of Leconte ; E. serrata of Say, 
THE SPECKLED TORTOISE [Nanemys guttatus).— 
Harlan and Gray. This species is common to the 
Emys guttata of Schneider, 'I'estudo punctata of 
Middle States, from New Jersey to Virginia. It is 
Daudin and Leconte. Is found in Eastern United 
a handsome creature, and easily distinguished by its 
States, and as far west as Northern Indiana. It is 
serrated jaws. As an edible it is prized consider- 
an abundant species. 'I'he main color is black, 
ably. Length of shell, eleven inches. 
spotted with orange. The plastron is yellow. 
HIEROGLYPHIC TURTLE (P. hieroglyphica).— 
blotched with black. 
Emys hiero., Holbrook. Inhabits the Eastern United 
BLANDING’S TORTOISE {Emys meleagris).~G. 
States, 'i’he shell is smooth, flat, and olive-brown in 
blandingi of Holbrook. Found in Wisconsin, and 
color, with broad, reticulated, yellowish lines ; the 
eastward to the Alleghanies, in moist woods and 
lower shell is pale yellow. The head is very small. 
fields. It is jet-black, having usually yellow spots. 
Length of shell, twelve inches. 
The plastron is yellowish, with quadrangular blotches 
YELLOW-BELLIED TERRAPIN (P. troosti). — 
of black. There are no keels upon the shell. 
Emys holbrooki. Found in the Valley of the Mis- 
THE PAINTED TURTLE [Ghrysemys picta ). — 
sissippi, and northward to Illinois. Its colors are 
Emys picta of Schneider, Testudo picta of Leconte ; 
green ish-bla,ck ; the side plates having horn-colored 
familiarly known as the Mud 'I'urtle, and one of the 
lines and spots ; the under shell or plastron dull 
