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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.