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Hieroglyphic Terrapin
- Colouration
- Carapace olive-brown, traversed by rather broad, yellow bands that divide it into various-sized areas, each of which contains narrow, concentric lines of yellow. Plastron yellow; a dark blotch on the border of each marginal shield.
- Dimensions
- An adult example has a carapace about twelve inches long; the height of the shell is about three inches.
- Distribution
- Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
Shell very flat; carapace of the adult perfectly smooth. Rear margin of the carapace more deeply notched than that of the preceding. In proportion to the size of the shell, the head is very small and narrow.