CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



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vertebral shields bluntly keeled ; first urceolate, rest long, 

 sides shelving, beneath yellow, with sliglitly eyed spots on 

 the sutures of the marginal plates ; sternum flat, darker 

 clouded, with a davk-edged pale streak on the sutures, be- 

 tween the outer sides of the sternal and marginal plates. 

 Head and neck with two broad streaks ; jaws strongly 

 toothed. 



Emys serrata. Say, Jotini. Acad. Philud. iv. 204. 



Harlan, Anier. Herpet. 78. 



Gray, Syn. 29 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 21. 

 E. serrata, var., Schleyel, Faun. Japon. 58. 

 E. irrigata. Bell, MSS. 



Bum. .f Bib. Erp. Gtn. ii. 276 ; Cat. Meth. R. 10. 

 E. reticularia, Bell, MSS. (not Say). 

 TestLido rubriventris, Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. iii. 101. 



Duin. i5- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 281. 



Holbrook, N. A. Herpet. 7. t. 6 ; ed. 2. i. 55. t. 6. 



Be Kay, IC. t. 7. f. 3. 

 Terrapene rubriventris, Bonap. Obs. Reg. Anim. 154 

 (1830). 



Hab. North America ; in running water with rocky 

 beds. " Between the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay. 

 Sold in the Philadelphia markets as the Potter or Red- 

 beUied Terrapen. The flesh is not greatly esteemed." — 

 Holbrook. 



a. Just hatched (stuffed). The upper jaw distinctly bi- 

 dentate. Head and jaws yellow-streaked. North 

 America. 



Osteology : — 



b. Adult skeleton. 



North America. 



A large species ; shell of the adult 11 to 12 inches 

 long. 



8. BATAGUE. 



Head moderate, covered vnth a thin skin ; chin not 

 bearded. Feet largely webbed. Toes 5 • 5 ; the outer on 

 each foot often clawless. Claws conical. Tail moderate. 

 Shell oval, rounded, depressed. Sternum solid, broadly 

 truncated before, nicked behind, affixed to the thorax by 

 a bony symphysis, covered with the end of the pectoral and 

 abdominal plates. Axillary and inguinal plates large. End 

 of cavity contracted. Skull. Tab. XXXVI. fig. 4. 



Tetraonyx, Lesson, Bclangers Voy. 297 ; Hlust. Zool. t. 7 

 (not Latr.). 



Bum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 338; Cat. Meth. R. 15. 

 Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 29. 

 Cyclemys, sp., Bell. 



Clemmys (Tetraonyx), Fitz. Syst. Rept. 29 (1842). 

 Tetronyx longicoUis, Fitz. Syst. Rept. 29. 

 Trionys, sp.. Gray, Syn. Rept. 5. 



* Claws 4 • 4, strong. Back convex ; the gular plates 

 very small, transverse. Batagur. 



1. Batagur Baska. The Batagur. Tab. XVI. 



Back olive ; adult not keeled ; first vertebral plate nearly 

 square, as broad as long ; second, third and fourth broad, 

 urceolate, or rather six-sided, rather longer than broad ; 

 gular plate very narrow, scarcely wider in the centre, band- 

 like ; anal plate shorter than broad. 



Tetraonyx Batagur, Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 29. 



Emys Batagur, Gray, Syn. 24 ; Hlust. Lnd. Zool. iii. t. 8. 



Testudo Batagur, B. Hamillon, MS. 



Emys Baska, Gray, Hlust. Lid. Zool. t. , from B. Hamilton, 



MS. Icon. 

 Tetraonyx Baska, Bum. «J- Bib. Erp. Gin. ii. 341 ; Cat. 



Meth. R. 15. 

 Emys Spenglevi, var., Schlegel, F. Japon. 51. 

 Emys Tetraonyx, Schleyel, F. Japon. 43, joung. 

 Tetraonyx lougicollis, Lesson, Belangers Foy. 297 ; Hlust. 



Zool.'t. 7. 

 Tetraonyx Lessonii, Bum. ^ Bib. Erp. Ghi. ii. 338. t. 16. 



f. 1 ; Cat. Meth. R. 15. 

 Trionyx Cuvieri, Gray, Syn. Rept. 5, very young. 



Young. 



Erays dentata, Gray, Sy?i. Rept. t. 8 ; Hlust. lnd. Zool. 

 t. , upper figure only. 



Hab. Incha ; Bengal ; Ganges ; River Iriwaddy, Pegu 

 {Reynaud). 



a, b. Adult (stuffed). The space between the ribs not 

 quite closed. India; Ganges. Mr. Blyth's Collection. 



** Claws 5 • 4, small, weak. Back convex ; the gular 

 plates triangular. Kachuga. 



3. Batagur lineata. The Kachuga. Tab. XVII. 



First vertebral plate four-sided, about as long as broad, 

 the second, third and fourth six-sided, second as long as 

 broad, the fourth considerably longer than broad ; the 

 gular plate short, triangular ; the anal as long as broad. 

 " Head bluish-ash ; cheek and chin yellow-varied ; eyebrow 

 and nape scarlet-lined ; chin with two yellow spots ; tail 

 long." 



Emys lineata. Gray, Syn. 23; Cat. Tort. B.M. 17. 



Bum. ^' Bib. Erp. Ge'n. ii. 335 ; Cat. Meth. R. 15. 

 Testudo kachuga, B. Hamilton, MSS. cop. 

 Emys kachuga. Gray, Hlust. lnd. Zool. t. 74. 

 E. tectum, var., Schlegel, F. Japon. 51. 



Hab. India; Nepaul. 



I. Young animal (stuffed) ; the second and third vertebral 

 shields strongly keeled, ending in a tubercle behind ; 

 the fourth and fifth sharply keeled. Nepaul. Capt. 

 Boys' Collection. Tab. XVII. 



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