150 CHELONURA TEMMINCKII. 



and granulated skin, with large warts here and there interspersed, both above 

 and below; many of these warts have horny points, though flexible at their base. 



The anterior extremities are large, stout, broad, covered with a granulated skin 

 and a few large scales placed transversely on the fore-arm, especially towards 

 the lower and posterior part; there are five fingers, palmated, and a narrow fold 

 of skin extends from the little finger along the fore-arm on its outer and 

 posterior margin; the nails are strong, stout, and slightly curved, and nearly two 

 inches in length. The posterior extremities are equally large in proportion, but 

 more flattened towards the tarsus, and covered with a granulated scaly skin, with 

 some larger warts about the nates, and a few large scales on the tarsus; the toes 

 are five in number, fully palmated, with the web continued broad, like a fringe, 

 along the posterior border of the extremity; there are four long horny nails. The 

 tail is long, round, covered with a warty skin, and three rows of circular or oval 

 plates, more or less elevated in their centre; here and there they may be seen 

 raised into a round tubercle; these plates or scales are placed one on the 

 vertebral line, and one on each side. Whether the tail below is covered with 

 bifid plates, as in the Chelonura serpentina, I cannot say, as the only specimen 

 that I have seen was dried, so that this arrangement was not perceptible. 



Colour. The head is dusky above; the upper jaw is dingy-yellow, mixed with 

 grey and white; the lower jaw is darker grey, and yellowish near the base. The 

 neck is dusky above and dingy-yellow beneath. The shell is greyish or horn 

 coloured, a little darker near each prominence. The sternum is yellow, more or 

 less dmgy. The superior surface of the extremities and tafl is dusky, the inferior 

 dirty yellowish-white. 



Dimensions. Length of head, 8 inches; length of neck, 3^ inches; circum- 

 ference of neck, 1 foot 10 inches; length of shell, following the curve, 1 foot 10 

 inches; length of sternum, 1 foot 4 inches; length of tail beyond the anus, 1 foot 

 2t inches. 



