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but is common in the West India islands. Dr. Cocteau, an excellent herpetolo- 

 gist in Paris, shewed me numerous specimens from Cuba, whence they were 

 brought by M. Ricord; and Mr. Bell, so well known by his great work on the 

 Testudinata, gave me a specimen of it that he had received from one of the 

 West India islands. It is very fairly the representative there of our Emys 

 serrata, from which it differs, however, specifically, by the uniformity of its 

 colour, and by the decussating rugae of the shell. 



If I were to add a synonyme to those already given, it would be the Emys 

 ornata of Bell and other naturalists, for my friend Bibron shewed me the shell of 

 an animal that served him in part for the description of the Emys ornata, which 

 very much resembles the Emys floridana. 



