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 . is is a large species and might be described as inter-mediate between the species of the genus already considered andthe Mexican and Central American species, with which the lobesof the plastron are very wide and the hinges so elastic that theshell closes as tightly as with the true box turtles (Cistudo), acharacter clearly seen in the illustration of the following species—C. integrum. Colouration.—The c
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 . is is a large species and might be described as inter-mediate between the species of the genus already considered andthe Mexican and Central American species, with which the lobesof the plastron are very wide and the hinges so elastic that theshell closes as tightly as with the true box turtles (Cistudo), acharacter clearly seen in the illustration of the following species—C. integrum. Colouration.—The carapace is brownish-yellow; the plastronpale yellow. Above, the head and neck are dull olive; bothare thickly sprinkled with yellow on the under surfaces. Dimensions.—The species attains a length of five or sixinches. Distribution.—Arizona and New Mexico. THE MEXICAN MUD TURTLECinosternum integrum, (LeConte) Although this species does not occur in the United States,it ranges well into the northern portion of Mexico. Its descrip-tion is given as representing the type of the tropical species ofthis genus. * A character to be noted with all the species. 26 THE REPTILE BOOK PLATE X. LOUISIANA MUD TURTLE, Cinosternum loiasjanaeLike all the species of its genus it is persistently aquatic. Immediately told by the bright orange bands on the sides of the head
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