CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



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Testudo Europsea, Sfi/iw, Zoo/, iii. t. 8. 



Schoepff. Test. t. 1. 



Bojani's, Anat. t. 



Sturm, Foirna, t. a, b, c. 



Wugler, Amph. t. 5. f. 8, 9. 

 T. flava, Lacep. Q. O. 135. t. 6. 

 T. punctata, Goftw. Schihlk. t. k. f. 12. 

 T. orbicularis, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 3.51. 



11'iilff, Boruss. 3. 

 T. lutraria. Rondel. Pise. ii. 1 70. 



Gesner, Q. O. ii. 113. f. 5. 



Aldrov. 710. 



BriiuH. AJiiat. 91. 

 T. pulchella, Schoepf. t. 26, young. 

 T. Meleagi-is, Shaw, Nat. Misc. iv. 144 (shell polished). 

 Emys Heilenica, Valenc. Toy. Moreu, t. 8. f. 2. 

 E. antiquonim, Valenc. Voy. Morea, t. 8. f. 1. 

 1 E. capensis, Fit:. Syst. Schihlk. 

 E. Hot'mauni, Fit:. Syst. Schildk. 

 E. orbicularis, Valenc. 

 E. Europsea, Valenc. Zool. Morea, t. 8. f. 1 . 



Fit:. Syst. Rept. 29 (1843). 

 E. a. Europea, TVay/er, Syst. 138. t. 5. f. 8, 9. 

 E. (Emys) lutraria, Bonap. Obs. Cuv. R. A. 164. 



Hab. Europe; France; Sicily; Morea; North Asia; 

 North Africa ; Algeria ; ? Japan. Mas. Leyden. 



/. Young (in spirits) . Shell black, yellow spotted on edge 

 of shields. Europe. Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



b. Shell and dry animal. Brown, yellow-dotted ; 6^ inches. 



Europe. 



c. Young. Hinder half only, with dry animal. Brown, 



paler rayed. Presented by Thomas Bell, Esej. 



Testudo pulchella, Schoepff. 



d. Young (in spirits). Animal white dotted ; shell pale 



brown, brown-rayed. Albania. Presented by W. W. 



Saunders, Esq. 

 g. Adult (stuffed). Europe. From the Haslar Hospital 



Museum. 

 i. Adult (in spirits). Europe. From the Zoological 



Society. 



k. Adult. Dorsal shell. Shield only ; carious, covered 

 with a thick rough coat. Presented by H.R.H. 

 Prince Bonaparte (Charles Lucien). 



Osteology : — 



Bojanvs, Anat. Test. Europ. t. 1, 31. 



Cuv. Oss. Foss. V. 184. t. 11. f. 13-16, skull; t. 12. f. 2, 



clavicle. 

 Emys Europrea, IVagler, Syst. t. 5. f. 20-28. 



a. Adult (shell only). Black, yellow rathately dotted. 

 South Europe. 



e. Adult (shell only). Back convex ; plate black, yellow- 



lined. Europe. Mus. Zool. Soc. 



h. Skeleton. Europe. 



The areola of the young specimen is marked with dark- 

 edged sinuous lines on the discal shields, and a subceutral 



ring on the marginal ones ; these marks are sometimes to 

 be seen on the areola of the plates of the adult. The other 

 parts of the shields are destitute of any rings, and generally 

 radiately spotted and streaked. 



•1"+ Legs with thin band-like shields in front. Toes broadly 

 webbed, with small scales above. 



12. CUORA. 



Head covered with a thin skin, rhombic ; forehead flat ; 

 cheeks flat. Eyes lateral. Legs strong, covered with broad, 

 band-like, transverse shields. Toes strong, covered with 

 distinct band-like shields above, widely webbed to the toes. 

 Claws 5 ■ 4, strong, curved, acute. Tail moderate. Shell 

 convex, very solid, three-keeled, at least when young. 

 Sternum broad, rounded behind and before, completely 

 closing the cavity of the thorax ; the front lobe large, 

 affixed behind, with the cross suture nearly in the middle 

 of the bony sterno-costal symphysis ; anterior lobe large, 

 with the hinder part enclosed in the symphysis ; sternal 

 shields 1 2 ; axillary and inguinal shields small, distinct ; 

 marginal plates 25 ; nuchal plate small. Asia. 



Shell convex, like Cistudo. The legs and feet are those 

 of an Asiatic Emys. 



1. Cuora Amboinensis. The Cuoro. 

 Shell hemispherical, slightly three-keeled, blackish ; mar- 

 gin broad, expanded ; nuchal shield linear ; sternum black 

 and yellow varied. Animal blackish, yellow-varied ; head 

 dark, with two broad yellow streaks on the side from the 

 nose. 



Cistudo Amboinensis, Gray, Syn. 19 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 30 ; 



Illiist. Lid. Zool. t. 



Bum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 215. t. 15. f. 2 ; Cat. Meth. 

 R. 7. 

 Testudo amboinensis, Baud. Rept. ii. 309. 

 T. Couro, Leschen. Mus. Par. 

 Emys Amboinensis and E. Coura, Schiveig. Prodr. i. 214, 



31-5. 

 Terrapene bicolor. Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. t. 16. 

 Emys Couro, var., Schlegel, F. Japon. 64. 

 E. (Pyxidemys) Couro, Fitz. Syst. Schildk. 122. 

 Terrapene Couro, Fit:. 

 Emys clausa (part.), Bonap. 

 E. /J. Couro, iVagler, Syst. 138. 

 Cistuda Amboinensis fl. Le%'eriana, Gray, Syn. 29. 



Hab. Amboina; Batavia ; Sumatra; Manilla; China? 

 Soohog ; Java. Called Couro (Leschenault). 



a. Adult (stuffed). Shell rather elongate ; 6^ inches. 



India. Presented by Thomas Bell, Esq., F.R.S. 



b. Young. Head and feet dry ; shell broad, three-keeled ; 



2f inches. Lllust. Ind. Zool. t. 6. Presented by 

 Dr. J. E. Gray. 



