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CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



5. Hydraspis Wagleri. Wagler's Hydraspis. 



Shell oval, much elongated, narrowed at each end, keel- 

 less, rounded in front and truncated behind, reddish-brown ; 

 shields smooth ; the first vertebral protuberant, three-sided ; 

 sternum yellow. Head flat, smooth ; temple with small 

 scales. 



Hydraspis Wagleri, Gratj, Cat. Tort. B.M. 40. 

 Platemys Wagleri, Dum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 422 ; Cat. 

 Meth. R. 20. 



Hab. Brazil. Mus. Paris (one specimen). 



6. Hydraspis ruflpes. The Red-footed Hydraspis. 



Shell brown, oval, truncated in front, angular behind ; 

 back keeled ; sternum narrower behind. Neck and mem- 

 bers reddish, with an oblong red spot above the ear ; head 

 smooth, with one large frontal, three elongate occipital, 

 and many small scales on the temples. 



Emys rufipes, Spix, Bras. 7. t. 6. f. 1, 2. 



Hydraspis rufipes. Gray, Syn. 41. 



Platemys rufipes. Bum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 435 ; Cat. 



Meth. i?. 21. 

 Emys platycephala, var., Schlegel, Faun. Japon. 46. 

 Rhinemys rufipes, IVagler, Syst. 134. t. 3. f. 43, 44, 45. 



Fitz. Syst. Rept. 29. 

 Phrynops rufipes. Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 41. 



Hab. Brazils. Mus. Munich. 



In Spix's figure of this species the superciliary plates 

 are united to the frontal. It is very like our specimen of 

 H. nasuta. 



7. Hydraspis Miliusii. Minus's Hydraspis. 



Shell oval, narrow and rounded in front, obtusely angular 

 behind, keelless, black -brown ; shields smooth. Sternum 

 brown, yellowish washed on the edge and middle line ; ab- 

 dominal plates large ; head broad, thick, smooth ; temple 

 with small scales. 



Platemvs MUiusii, Bum. et Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 431 ; Cat. 



Meth. R. 21. 

 Emys stenops, Spix, Bras. 12. t. 9. f. 3, 4 (very young?). 

 Emys platycephala, var., Schlegel, Faun. Japon. 47. 

 Rhinemys nasuta, jun., TVagler, Syst. 134. 

 Phrynops ? Miliusii, Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 42. 



Hab. Cayenne. Mus. Paris. 



The figure of Emys stenops represents the crown and 

 temples covered with small shields. 



The last three species may be only varieties or different- 

 aged specimens of H. nasuta. 



** Animal and shell banded or spotted. 

 8. Hydraspis depressa. The Depressed Hydraspis. 



Shell oval- oblong, rounded at each end, not keeled, oUve- 

 brown, black-rayed, hinder margin yellow ; blackish-grey, 

 side of the head with three black rays ; throat whitish, 

 black-spotted. Sternum narrower behind than in front. 

 Head covered with very small shields diverging from a 

 small central vertical shield. Neck granular. The inner 

 sides of the front of the hind legs with three or four convex 

 slightly keeled scales, outer side with sLs small keeled 

 shields. 



Hydraspis depressa. Gray, Syn. 41 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 39. 

 Emys depressa, Merrem, Tent. 22 (not Spix). 



Neuwied, Beitr. Bras. i. 29 ; Abbild. t. 



Schinz, Rept. 43. t. 4. 

 Platemys Neuwiedii, Bum. ^ Bib. Erp. Gdn. ii. 425 ; Cat. 



Meth. R. 20. 

 Emys Lyrae, Reuse, Mus. Franlifort. 

 E. platycephala, var., Schlegel, Faun. Japon. 47. 

 Rhinemys depressa, TVagler, Syst. 134. 



Hab. South America ; Brazils ? 



a. Young, in spirits. Stenmm with many small spots. 



South America. Presented by Dr. Edward Riippell. 



b. Half-grown, m spirits. Sternum with fewer large spots. 



South America ; British Guiana. Presented by Che- 

 valier Schomburgk. 



9. Hydraspis radiolata. The Rayed Hydraspis. 



Shell oval-oblong, narrowed and romided in front, rather 

 obtusely angular behind, keelless, brown, varied with red- 

 dish ; shields concentrically and radiately striated. Ster- 

 num broad before and behind. Head covered with nume- 

 rous scales ; neck tubercular. 



Hydraspis radiolata, (rray, Syn. Rept. 44; Cat. Tort. B.M. 



39. 

 Emys radiolata, Mikan, Belect. t. 



" Neuwied, Beitr. i. 39 ; Abbild. t. 

 Rhinemys radiolata, Wagler, Syst. 165. 

 Platemys radiolata, Bum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gin. ii. 412; Cat. 



Meth. R. 20. 

 Hydraspis planiceps, jun.. Gray, Syn. Rept. 40. 

 Emys platycephala, var., Schlegel, Faun. Japon. 47. 



Hab. Brazils. Mus. Bell. 



Allied to H. depressa, but the sternum is represented as 

 broader behind. 



*** Sj)ecies requiring further examination. 

 10. Hydraspis BeUii. Bell's Hydraspis. 



Shell (young) very depressed, very obscurely keeled, 

 brown ; middle of the hinder edge of vertebral shield 



