DERMOCHELYS. 



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the longitudinal series of enlarged tubercles and the border of the 

 limbs yellowish in the young. 

 Grows to a length of 8 feet. 



Fig. 17. Skull of Dermochelys coriacea*. 



Hab. Generally distributed between the tropics, but scarce 

 everywhere ; an accidental visitor to temperate coasts. Of no 

 commercial value. Only on one occasion has this turtle been 

 observed to deposit her eggs on the coast of Tenasserim, on 

 February 1st, 1862, near the mouth of the Ye Eiver (cf. Tickell, 

 J. A. S. B. xxxi, 1862, p. 367, with figure of the turtle). 



* Figures 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 17 are from the British Museum 

 Catalogue of Chelonians &c., 1889, the woodcuts having been, by permission 

 of the Trustees, used in the present work. 



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