TERRAPINS. 
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the other hand, the Caspian terrapin (C. caspica), ranging from the Caspian Sea to 
the Persian Gulf, the Spanish terrapin ( C. leprosd), of Spain and North-Western 
Africa, and the Japanese terrapin (C. japonica), resemble one another in having the 
median union of the anal shields shorter than that of the femorals. The sculptured 
terrapin, which attains a length of about 7 inches, is specially characterised by the 
toes being webbed only at their bases, by the upper jaw having a notch in the 
middle, on the sides of which are a pair of tooth-like projections, and by the 
serration of the hinder border of the carapace. The shell is much depressed, with 
a raised keel down the middle of the back, and the shields of the carapace orna¬ 
mented with the radiating and concentric strise from which that species takes its name. 
SCULPTURED TERRAPIN (f nat. size). 
While the ground-colour of the carapace is blackish, the radiating lines are yellow ; 
the plastron being yellow, with a large black blotch on each of its shields. The soft 
parts are dark brown or olive, the sides of the head being speckled with red. 
The figured species is exceedingly abundant on the Atlantic side of the United 
States, from Maine to Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Frequenting both marshes 
and rivers, it leaves the water for much longer periods than its European congeners, 
and is sometimes found for months at a time in perfectly dry places. In wandering 
from one stream to another, it makes regular tracks through the woods, and is 
hence frequently termed in America the wood-terrapin. In its feeding and general 
mode of life, this terrapin presents no features distinguishing it from other 
carnivorous kinds. 
