The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . Copyright, 1907. by Doubleday, Page & CompanyYELLOW-BELLIED TERRAPIN, Chrysemys scalra. One of the market terrapins. A full-grown shell is about eleven inches long and characterised by numerous parallel furrows. Found in the coast region—North Carolina to Copyright, 1907. by Doubleday, Page & CompanyCUMBERLAND TERRAPIN, Chrysemys elegans. Closely allied to C. scabra, though at once distinct by
The reptile book; a comprehensive popularised work on the structure and habits of the turtles, tortoises, crocodilians, lizards and snakes which inhabit the United States and northern Mexico . Copyright, 1907. by Doubleday, Page & CompanyYELLOW-BELLIED TERRAPIN, Chrysemys scalra. One of the market terrapins. A full-grown shell is about eleven inches long and characterised by numerous parallel furrows. Found in the coast region—North Carolina to Copyright, 1907. by Doubleday, Page & CompanyCUMBERLAND TERRAPIN, Chrysemys elegans. Closely allied to C. scabra, though at once distinct by the red band on each side of the head. Occurs in the Central States—Illinois to Texas. The Terrapins Colouration.—The colouration of the head is quite differentfrom the other species. A yellow, longitudinal spot behindthe eye; behind this a yellow line, ending in a long longitudinalspot above the temples; from the lower, posterior portion ofthe eye a yellow line appears, sending a branch upward in frontof the tympanic cavity, and continues behind on the neck. Threevery strong yellow and some slender yellow stripes on lowerface of neck. Distribution.—Texas and probably northern Mexico. Hasbeen taken at San Antonio and along the Pecos River. THE PENINSULA TERRAPIN Chrysemys nebulosa, (Van Denburgh) Allied to a Mexican and Central American species— The shell is of moderate height, bluntly keeled andrugose on the sides. Colourati
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