Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
March 23, 1821
Primary Source Reference:
Thomas Say, "On the Fresh Water and Land Tortoises of the United States," Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, vol. 4, part 2 (1825): 203-219, esp. 209-210 / https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24655327
Additional Source Text:
On the accession date the Museum received this "Zoological Specimen . . . prepared by Titian Peale, Assistant Naturalist, for the Exploring Expedition, and deposited in the Philadelphia Museum by Major S. H. Long. Maj. U.S. Eng[ineers] pursuant to instructions of the Secretary of War." Accessions Book, 112
Notes:
Richard Harlan also described this species in American Herpetology , or Genera of North American Reptilia (Philadelphia. 1827), pp. 71-72.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Current Common Name:
Chicken turtle
Current Scientific Name
Deirochelys reticularia
