CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



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Testudo glutinata. Baud. Rept. ii. 194. t. 24. f. 4. 

 Terrapene Boscii, Men-pm, Tent. 23 ? 

 Sternothems Boscii, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 

 Stemothcrus odorafus, Grmj, Ann. Phil. x. 2!1. 



Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. 299. 



Fife. Sijst. Rept. 29. 

 Terrapene odorata, Merrem, Tent. 23. 

 Emys odorata, Schweic/. Prod. 313, 437. 



Harlan, N. H. 80. 

 E. glutinata, Merrem, Tent. 24. 

 Mud Tarapen, Leconte, Southern States America. 

 Staurotypus odoratus. Bum. ^■Bilj.Erp. Gen. ii. 358 ; Cat. 

 Mith. R. 16. 



Hab. North America ; New York ; New Orleans. 



a. Adult (stuffed). Shields spotted. North America; 



Louisiana. Mr. Smith's Collection. 



b. Young (in spirits). IMinutely pale brown speckled; 



head with a white streak "over each eye, and two 

 streaks from the back edge of the orbit ; throat brown, 

 with a broad streak of white spots. Delaware. Pre- 

 sented by H. Doubleday, Esq. 



M. Leconte observes : " The synonyms cpioted to this 

 species show more plainly the absurdity of the proposed 

 divisions of the Tortoise family than anything which I 

 can say." This was perfectly just, as they were divided in 

 1833. 



Schlegel regards Emijs Pennsylvanica, E. odorata, Stau- 

 rofi/pus triporcatus, and Kinosternon hirtipes as varieties 

 of the same species. 



2. Aromoclielys carinatum. The Keeled Stink-Pot. 

 Tab. XX. a. 



Shell oblong, convex, sharply keeled ; shields grey-brown, 

 purple-brown spotted aud streaked, and with a broad dark 

 hinder edge ; gular shield very small, linear, transverse ; 

 the humeral plate oblong, transverse, like but smaller than 

 the pectoral. Head brown ; crown and cheeks black-dotted 

 (without any streaks) ; neck black-varied. 



Hab. North America ; Louisiana. 



'/, b, c, e. Adult (stuffed). Mr. Smith's Collection. 

 Osteology : — 



d. Young shell only. Pale brown ; bleached ? North 

 America. 



16. STAUROTYPUS. 



Head large, covered with a hard skin ; chin bearded. 



Feet and tail with a few scattered scales. Claws 5-4. 



Shell ovate, three-keeled. Sternum very narrow, acute 



before and behind ; middle lobe covered with the abdo- 

 minal plate, which is produced on each side over the narrow 

 bony symphysis. Sternal plates 8 ; the gular, humeral and 

 pectoral plates of each side united into one ; femoral and 

 anal shields small, distinct ; axillary and inguinal plates, 

 especially the latter, large, covering the narrow suture. 

 America. 



Staurotypus, TFar/Ier, Si/st. Ainph. 137. 



Grai/, Cat. Tort. B.M. 34. 



Fitc. S>/st. Rept. 29. 

 Staurotypus (part.). Dim. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 356 ; Cat. 



Meth. iJ. 16. 

 Terrapene, sp., Wiegmann. 



1. Staurotypus triporcatus. The Cross Emys. 

 Tab. XX. b. 



Shell oblong, convex, brown, three-keeled, the central 

 one very large, high aud cultrate behind, side ones highest 

 in front ; vertebral plates long, imbricate, nuchal plates 

 short, broad ; edge indented on the side, expanded and 

 toothed behind. Head depressed, spotted and lined with 

 white ; chin two-bearded ; neck thick. 



Kinosternon triporcatum. Gray, Syn. Rent. 76 , Cat. Tort. 



B.M. 34. 

 Terrapene triporcata, Wiegm. Ms, 364 (1828). 

 Staurotypus triporcatus. Bull. Sci. Nat. xvii. 293. 



TT'agler, Si/st. 137. t. 5. f. 44, 45 ; Icon. t. 23. 



Fitc. Si/st. Rept. 29 (1843). 



Bum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 356 ; Cat. Meth. R. 16. 



Hab. North America ; Mexico ; Central America ; Rio 

 Sumasinta. 



a. Young (in spirits). Pale brown, varied with black. 



Mexico. 



b. Adult. The anal plates united into one. Mexico. 



Head of young animal, in spirits, large, dark brown, 

 with small specks which are sometimes confluent into tor- 

 tuous lines ; temple dark, with a broad white streak from 

 the gape, ending in a narrow white ring round the tvm- 

 panum ; throat with some irregular white streaks ; lower 

 jaw with two white streaks in front ; chin with two small 

 beards, aud a large oblong black gland ou each side of the 

 edge of the lower beak outside of the beards. Thorax 

 black-brown, with some broad pale marblings on each dorsal 

 and marginal shield ; a black subcentral spot on each axil 

 lary and inguinal plate ; the sternal shield black, with an 

 irregular white margin. 



