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Carapace - Upper part of the turtle's shell.
CL - Carapace Length.
Cloaca - The chamber into which the digestive, urinary and reproductive systems empty, opening to the outside through the anus.
Diurnal - Active during daytime hours.
Dorsolateral Fold - Pertainig to the area at the juncture of the back and side.
Fen - Low, flat, swampy land.
Fossorial - Adapted to digging or burrowing.
Marginal Scutes - Located on the edge of the turtle's carpace.
Medial - Relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle.
Mesic Forest - Mesic Forests occur on sites with impeded drainage, or where this is an abundance of water.
Nocturnal - Active at night.
Plastron - Lower part of the turtle's shell.
Posterior - Located at or torward the rear end of the body.
SVL - Snout Vent Length.
Terrestrial - Living on land.
TL - Total length.
Tympanum - The eardrum.
