TOETOISES, TEEEAPINS, AND TURTLES. 



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1. TESTUDO TABXTLATA, TFalhaum. 



Tab. I. & II. 



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Testudo tabiilata, Gray, Cat. Sh, Kept. Suppl. p. 4. 

 Hab. Central America and larger West-India Islands. 



2. TESTUDO CARBONARIA, Spix. 



Tab. III. & IV., and Tab. V. (var.). 



Testudo tabulata, var., Gray, Cat. Sli. Eept. Suppl. p. 4. 



Hab. Tropical America and larger West-India Islands. 



This is a very variable species. The males are generally contracted on the sides and very concave 

 beneath, which has caused them to be regarded as a distinct species. This Tortoise sometimes has an 

 exceedingly thick and heavy case, raised beneath each of the plates so as to give a considerable degree 

 of elevation to each dorsal plate. (See Tab. III.) 



3. TESTTTDO INDICA, Bell 

 Tab. VI. (young). 

 Testudo elejihantopus, Gray, Cat. Sh. Eept. Suppl. p. 5. 

 Hab. Galapagos Islands ; Ecuador ; west coast of Tropical America. 



According to Mr. Blyth, this Tortoise has been introduced, and breeds and multiplies in Jamaica 

 and other West-India Islands. 



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