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Yellow shade indicates verified sighting.
Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only. Not all specimens upon which these maps are based have been verified. Vertical yellow bar through each lateral scute and additional yellow and dark lines parallel to each bar. Carapace low, with weak midback keel and serrate posterior edge. Keel and toothed edge of carapace disappear with age.