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CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



River, N.W. coast of Australia. Presented by Capt. 

 William Chambers, R.N. 



Emys Macquaria, Dum. ^~ Bib. 

 H3'draspis Victoriae, Gray, Zool. Misc. 55. 



Var. 2. Shell depressed, lighter; hinder margin expanded ; 

 hinder lateral marginal plates broader than long ; ver- 

 tebral plates six-sided, broader than long. 



r. Adult (stuffed). Australia. Presented by John Gould, 

 Esq. 



d. Adult (stuffed). Australia. Presented by Sir Thomas 



Mitchell. 



Osteology : — 



e. Adult (shell only). Victoria River. Presented by Capt. 



William Chambers, R.N. 



/. Adult (shell only). Rather deformed, more depressed, 

 and shelving downward behind. Australia. Mr. 

 Argent's Collection. 



The two varieties, though so different in general appear- 

 ance, are found together in the same river. Are they the 

 sexes ? 



B. Head large or very large. 

 Chelydidfe B, Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 36. 



c. Claws b' A. Head flat, depressed ; leaks naked ; ehin 

 not bearded. 



Chelydidse B. c. Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 36. 



6. CHELODINA. 



Head elongate, covered with a skin divided into many 

 small shields on the sides and temple. Neck very long, 

 covered with a thin skin. Beaks naked. Chin not bearded. 

 Legs strong, with a single series of very broad, thin, band- 

 like shields. Toes strong, scaly above. Claws 4-4, acute, 

 curved. Shell depressed, broad ; shields thin, smooth. 

 Sternum very broad, rounded in front, nicked behind. 

 Intergular plate large, long, six-sided, placed in the angle 

 between the gular and humeral plates. Nuchal plate 

 distinct. Australia. 



Emys § ***, Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 211 (1825). 

 Chelodina, Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 43 (1844). 

 Chelodina, sp.. Bum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen, ii. 443 ; Cat. Meth. 



R. 21. 

 Hydraspis, sp.. Bell, Zool. Journ. 

 Hydraspis (Hydraspis), Fits. Syst. Rept. 29. 



TVagler, Syst. 134. 

 Hydraspis, Bonap. Saggio Jiiim. Vert. 13 (1832). 



* Shields very thin, closely netted with minute black lines. 

 1. Chelodina longicollis. The Yellow Chelodine. 



Shell oblong, depressed, brown ; first vertebral shield 

 elongate ; the second and eleventh marginal shields with 

 their front edge opposite the suture of the costal shields. 

 Sternum flatfish, deeply nicked behind, yellow; shields 

 black-edged. 



Chelodina longicollis, G;-«?/,.S'y?i. i?. 39. t. 6. f. 2; in Griffith, 

 An. K. t. ; in Grey, Trav. Austr. ii. 445 ; Cat. Tort. 

 B.M. 43. 

 Testudo longicollis, Shaw, N. Holl. 19. t. 7; Gen. Zool. 

 iii. 62. t. 6. 



Lacep. Ann. Mas. iv. 189. 

 Emys longicollis, Schiveig. Prod. 309. no. 28. 



Schlegel, Faun. J upon. 43. 

 Hydraspis lougicolhs. Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. 512. 

 JJ^agler, Syst. 136, note. 

 Fitz. Syst. Rept. 29. 

 Emys (§ **'*) longicolhs. Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 211 (1825). 

 Chelodina Novse Hollandise, Dum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 443. 



t. 21. f. 2; Cat. Meth. R. 21. 

 Emys porphyrea. Baud. Rept. ii. 142. 



Hab. Australia ; New Holland. 



a. Adult animal (dry). Depressed, oblong. Australia. 



Presented by Sir Joseph Banks. The specimen de- 

 scribed by Shaw, Schweigger, &c. 



b. Adult (stuffed). More ovate and convex, 7 inches by 6 ; 



wants some plates. Australia. Presented by John 

 Gould, Esq. 



2. Chelodina oblonga. The Oblong Chelodine. 

 Tab. XXIV. 



Shell oblong, rather contracted in front, with a broad, 

 impressed, vertebral groove, olive-brown, with irregular 

 anastomosing lines, beneath yellowish ; marginal plates 

 longer than broad ; second larger than the first or third, 

 and rather angularly produced in the middle of the inner 

 edge, which is opposite the suture of the costal plates. 

 Sternum high, flat, strongly and sharply keeled on the 

 sides ; neck warty, very thick ; pectoral plate longer than 

 broad. 



Chelodina oblonga. Gray in Grey, Trav. Austr. ii. 434, 445. 

 t. 7; Cat. Tort. B.M. 43. 



Hab. West and North Australia. 



a. Adult (stuffed). West Australia. Presented by John 



Gould, Esq. The specimen figured in Sir "George 

 Grey's Travels. 



b. Adult (stuffed). Port Essington. Presented by Capt. 



W. Chambers, R.N. 



d. Adult (stuffed). Port Essington. 



e. Adult (stuffed). North Australia. Mr. Argent's Col- 



lection. 



