Pic of “classsic” Chesapeake DBT on Kingsnake

As a follow up to the concentric question that I replied to with Hay’s 1904 historical descriptions, I was planning to try to locate a photo of the “classic” Chesapeake dbt phase as I understand it from Hay’s work. There is a for sale ad on kingsnake now for a Chesapeake Diamondback Terrapin from “Honu man” (if I remembered the seller correctly) with a pic of a female that fits the “classic” historical Chesapeake color pattern as I understand it from Hay and also from popular culture postcards and soup tureens from Maryland from the days when fine Maryland hotels served terrapin. For those interested, please check out this pic. The phase is a relatively dark dbt with a very white neck and head with a few large black streaks or splotches (as opposed to black polka dots or speckles). The limbs are dark gray to black. The top of the shell appears jet black, but upon closer examination under good light, there are “walnut” colored swirls in the shell. There is also a “walnut” color to the plastron with black mixed in. My understanding of this phase as the classic Chesapeake dbt is from looking at historical images in scientific publications and popular culture artifacts. I assume that there were all of the other color phases of dbts also showing up in the native Maryland and Chesapeake Bay populations, too. But this particular color phase was apparently the one sought after and most highly valued in the east coast food market as I understand it. If anyone can further clarify this issue, please help us out! Todd Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs, a Yahoo! service – Search Thousands of New Jobs