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Texas Terrapin
- Colouration
- "The colouration of the head is quite different from the other species. A yellow, longitudinal spot behind the eye; behind this a yellow line, ending in a long longitudinal spot above the temples; from the lower, posterior portion of the eye a yellow line appears, sending a branch upward in front of the tympanic cavity, and continues behind on the neck. Three very strong yellow and some slender yellow stripes on lower face of neck."
- Distribution
- Texas and probably northern Mexico. Has been taken at San Antonio and along the Pecos River.
Shell rather flat; not deeply furrowed. Head of fair size.
The original description (Proc. Am. Philosophical Society. Phila. XXXI, No. 141, page 223.) reads: "Skull small, similar to P. (Stands for Pseudemys--a generic name proposed for the terrapins.) rubriventris. Upper jaw notched in the centre, with a rounded tooth on each side, not so prominent as in P. rubriventris. Lower jaw similar to P. rubriventris.