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Title: Zoological Bulletin of the Division of Zoology of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Surface, H.A.
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we should adhere to the uniform term of Musk Turtle,although customs can not well be changed. The description is as follows: Carapace long and narrow, high-arched, highest behind the middle,rising more gradually anteriorly than descending posteriorly.Margin of carapace turning downward and inward rather than out-ward; plastron insufficiently flexible or projecting back to close theshell. Head, large, pointed, jaws strong, eyes far forward, limbsslender, feet short. Plastron with posterior lobe truncated. Car-apace somewhat keeled but plates not over-lapping in adult. Shelldusky, clouded, sometimes spotted or dashed with black, but usuallywith color and plates obscured with moss. Neck with two yellowstripes, one from above, the other from below, the eye. The skin ofthe neck has a number of pointed fleshy tubercles especially above.Odor musky. General appearance suggests a Snapping Turtle,though this species seldom if ever exceeds four inches in length.Plastron dark yellow or brown. 136
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H. A. Surface, SUte zloto«Ut) * W* R* Walt°n* ln ***»torj of 137 The Musk Turtle occurs from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico andwestward to Michigan and Northern Illinois. Nash reports it fromLake Erie and St. Clair. Smith reports it from Michigan, and Stonecites its occurrence in the southeastern part of Pennsylvania andNew Jersey. It is a species which is probably confined in the Statechiefly to the eastern and southeastern portions. Our Pennsylvaniacollections indicate its occurrence as follows: Berks county, Gruber, C. L., Kutztown.Chester county, Harker, Herbert, Westtown.Cumberland county, Zoological Division, Eberleys Mill.Dauphin county, Zoological Office, Harrisburg.Dauphin county, Paine, F. J., Harrisburg.Lebanon county, Derickson, S. H., Annville.Monroe county, Roberts, Geo. C, Stroudsburg.Perry county, Showalter, C. E., Landisburg.Philadelphia county, Miller, Richard F., Bridesburg. It is very common locally in certain waters, although apparentlynot found in others. It is

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