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Edward B. Knobel

The turtles, snakes, frogs and other reptiles and amphibians of New England and the north

Published by Good Press, 2020

EAN 4064066065331

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INTRODUCTION.

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Many of the animals suffer from our prejudices far more than anv other class. They are usually little known, but persecuted, feared, hated and ruthlessly destroyed wherever found.

Foremost, the snakes: these timid, watchful, silent and most graceful beings are for the most part perfectly harmless. Even the dangerous ones only use their terrible weapons in self-defence.

Turtles and frogs are often regarded as if void of feeling and ruthlessly tortured. Toads and salamanders, useful insect-destroyers, are truly homely to look at, but hiding under ground or beneath stones seem to try their best not to hurt our feelings.

With a little acquaintance the student will find them useful, harmless creatures, fully deserving our sympathies.

The Latin names and some details are taken from D. S. Jordan s Manual of Vertebrate Animals and from specimens at the Agassiz Museum, Cambridge.

Note. Where the range of species is given as Western or Southern, it is inferred to mean outside of New England.

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Key to the Species.

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Body enclosed in a shell	Turtles .
With walking feet; shell hard:
Plain gray, brown or black	Figs. 1 to 7
Marked with colored stripes or spots	5 to 14
Shell soft, leathery	15 to 16
With swimming feet, like paddles	17
Body covered with scales
Four legs; or if not, the neck as wide as head	Lizards.
No legs; neck narrower than head	Snakes.
Spotted or barred	1 to 12
Striped lengthwise	13 to 21
Plain	22 to 26
Ring around neck	27
Body covered with skin only
No tail, when adult	Frogs.
Green	1, 2, 3
Brown, yellowish or gray	4 to 14
With tail	Salamanders.

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TURTLES.Testudinata.

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1. Snapping Turtle. Chelydra serpentina.

Length, twenty-four inches; dull blackish-brown, often covered with moss; head, large: eyes, near together, looking upwards; neck beset with warts; plates of shield with slightly embossed lines and showing ridge of backbone; hind edge of shield with large saw like teeth; lower shield, small; tail crested with horny large teeth.

Found in waters everywhere; rarely on land, except in breeding time.

2. Alligator Snapper.Macrochelys lacertina. Table of Contents Length, forty inches; like No. 1, but eyes far apart, looking sideways: plates of shield smooth, with an elevation on upper hind corner, forming three ridges on back. Very strong and ferocious. Western and Southern.

3. Wood Turtle.Chelopus insculptus. Table of Contents Length, eight inches; dark reddish-brown, with oyster-shell-like embossed lines; yellow-orange beneath, each plate having a black blotch in the outside corner.

4. Mud Turtle.Kinosternon pennsylvanicum. Table of Contents Length, four inches; similar to No. 1; head with lighter spots; shield smooth, and shows no backbone ridge; no teeth on hind edge; lower shield large, and can close the shell with it. Southern.

5. Musk Turtle.Aromachelys odoratus.

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Length, six inches; black, head with two yellow stripes on each side; shield smooth, but shows ridge of back bone, yellowish underneath. Emits a strong odor of musk.

6. Keeled Turtle.Aromachelys carnatus.

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Like No. 5, but plates overlapping each other; dusky, marked with black edges and lines; no stripes on head.

Southern and Western.

7. Salt Marsh Turtle. Terrapin, Diamond Back. Malaclemmys palustris. Table of Contents Length, ten inches; ashy brown, with black engraved lines on shield, and specks on head, neck and legs; face, horn color, orange underneath. Highly esteemed for food. Southern.

8. Map Turtle.Malaclemmys geographicus. Table of Contents Length, six inches; blackish-brown, with rusty irregular lines; lower jaw with spoon-like tip. Western.

9. Hieroglyphic Turtle.Pseudemys hieroglyphica. Table of Contents Length, six inches; blackish, with yellow worm-like marks; head with yellow stripes. Western.

10. Painted Turtle.Chrysemys picta.

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Length, eight inches; dark-bluish or greenish-gray; each plate lighter-edged; middle and side plates in one row: edge of shield, sides and underneath ornamented with red and yellow lines; smooth.

11. Edged Turtle.Chrysemys marginata.

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Like No. 10 but plates of shield alternating as usual, and side plates with embossed lines. Western.

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