'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] mb-code MAC002 (and) an exact figure

(and) an exact figure

5th January 1955

Pictured at London Recording Studio

Sylvester McCoy during a BBC photocall to promote the new series of Doctor Who

'Testudo ferox' [Florida softshell turtle] mb-code MAC002 (and) an exact figureZoological studies of the Florida softshell turtle Apalone ferox. The freshwater turtle is shown in three figures: two showing the upper and lower body and a third showing the neck in its elongated position. Plate 19 from the book Historia testudinum iconibus illustrata by Johann David Schoepff (Erlangen, 1792). The illustration is inscribed below: 'Testudo ferox Pennant.' The plate has been trimmed for binding, resulting in the loss of artist