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 . and eastern Oregon. THE CHICKEN TURTLE; LONG-NECKED TERRAPIN;RECTICULATED TERRAPIN Chrysemys reticulatus, (Bosc.) The Chicken Turtle belongs to the first group of the genus,but may be recognised by the following characteristics: 1. The exceedingly long, snake-like neck. 2. The absence of red markings on the upper and lowermarginal shields. 3. The yellow bar on each upper marginal shield. 4. The broad, ye
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 . and eastern Oregon. THE CHICKEN TURTLE; LONG-NECKED TERRAPIN;RECTICULATED TERRAPIN Chrysemys reticulatus, (Bosc.) The Chicken Turtle belongs to the first group of the genus,but may be recognised by the following characteristics: 1. The exceedingly long, snake-like neck. 2. The absence of red markings on the upper and lowermarginal shields. 3. The yellow bar on each upper marginal shield. 4. The broad, yellow band on the forelimb. 5. The narrow and rather globular shell. This species grows to a length of eight inches. The shellis narrower and proportionately higher than that of any of theterrapins. Though the neck is extremely long, the head is en-tirely retractile. Colouration.—Carapace olive or brown, with a net-workof fine, yellow lines; the under marginal shields are yellow andeach contains a black blotch. Plastron immaculate yellow. On each forelimb is i wide, cream-coloured band; the undersurface of the tail and limbs is yellow, as is the greater 34 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE XIII. BELLS TERRAPIN, Chrysemys belliFound west of the Mississippi and the Ohio rivers. Note the characteristic markings on the under shell
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