Plates 31 and 32
Testudo ferox Schneider, Naturg. Schildkr., p. 330, 1783 (based on Pennant, Philos. Trans. London, 61 (Pt. 1, Art. 32): 268, pl. 10 [figs. 1-3], 1772).
Trionyx ferox Schwartz, Charleston Mus. Leaflet, No. 26:17, pls. 1-3, May, 1956.
Testudo mollis Lacépède, Hist., Nat. Quadr. Ovip. Serp., 1:137, pl. 7, 1788.
Testudo (ferox?) verrucosa Schoepff, Hist. Testud., Fasc. 5 (Plag. M):90, pl. 19, 1795.
Testudo bartrami Daudin, Hist. Nat. Rept., 2:74, pl. 18, fig. 2, 1801.
Trionyx georgicus Geoffroy, Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris, 14:17, August, 1809.
Mesodeca bartrami Rafinesque, Atlan. Jour., Friend Knowledge, Philadelphia, 1 (No. 2, Art. 12):64, Summer, 1832.
Trionyx harlani Bell in Harlan, Medic. Phys. Research, p. 159, 1835.
Type.—Holotype, British Museum (Natural History) 1947.3.6.17; original number 53A, presumably that of Royal Society; stuffed adult female and skull; obtained from the Savannah River, Georgia, by Dr. Alexander Garden.