CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



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in others ; these appear to pass almost into T. marginata. 

 This variet)' is figured by Schoejpff. t. 9. 



The hinder lobe of the sternum of the female is some- 

 times moveable. 



Called Tartaruga at Rome, where they are sold in the 

 market and eaten on fast days. 



In the College of Surgeons there is a very narrow and 

 high variety, with the caudal plate spread out, and the 

 margin dilated and reflexed. 



Schlegel refers T. marginata and T. Zolhafce as va- 

 rieties of T. graca. 



14. Testudo marginata. The Margined Tortoise. 



Shell oblong, ventricose, hinder edge horizontally ex- 

 panded ; shields black, yellow-varied, grooved, areola small, 

 yellow ; nuchal plate sleuder, long ; animal blackish ; limbs 

 largely scaled. 



Testudo marginata, Schoepff. t. 11, 12. f. 1. 



Gray, Syn. 11 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 9. 



Falenc. ExpM. Morea, t. 7. f. 2. 



Bum. S,- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 37 ; Cat. Meth. R. 3. 



Wagler, Amphib. t. 25. 

 T. Graii, Herm. Obs. Zool. 219. 

 T. Grffica, Lacep. Q. 0. t. 5. f. 2. 

 T. greeca, var., Schlegel, F. Japan. 7. 

 T. campanulata, Jf^alb. Chel. 124. 

 T. lutraria, Gitiel. 

 T. rotunda, Lacep., Scheuch. Phjs. Sacra, ii. 261. 



Hab. North Africa ; Barbary ; Algeria ; Greece ; Egypt. 



a. Animal and shell (young) ; 3^ inches. Caudal plate 

 produced, flat. South Europe. Presented by J. E. 

 Gray, Esq. 



Geocheloue rotundata, Fitc. Sijst. Schildk. 122. 

 Testudo Cherseus marginatus, Fite. Sijst. Schildk. 122. 

 Cherseus marginatus, TTagler, Syst. 138; Icon. Amphib. 

 t. 2.5. 



Fitz. Syst. Rept. 29. 



Osteology : — ■ 



Caret, Sjnx, Cephal. t. 4. f. 12, 15, skull. 



a. Shell only (adult). The hmder margin very much pro- 

 duced. Greece. Mr. Parry's Collection. 



It is doubtful if this is more than an accidental variety 

 of T. greeca, for the hinder lateral margin of the shell of 

 that species is often more or less produced. 



\Miat is Testudo Forstenii, from Gilolo, — Schlegel, Fer- 

 hand. l 



Schlegel, on the cover of Fauna Japonica, gives the name 

 of Testudo margaritifera to the figure of a Tortoise with 

 hair from the base of a very high hump on its back. 



2. HOMOPUS. 



Shell depressed, solid. Sternum solid ; hinder lobe 

 sometimes mobile ; sternal shields 1 2, gular plates separate, 

 pectoral plates narrowed on the inner edge. Claws 4 • 4, 

 elongate, acute. Fore-legs covered with uniform large 

 elongated scales. Sternum convex ; gular plates short, 

 separate. Africa. 



Homopus,Di(?«.(J-5t'5.-E'?75.Ge'?j.ii. 145(1 835); Caf.M.R.6. 



Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 10 (1844). 

 Testudo Homopus, Fit:. Syst. Rept. 29 (1843). 

 Testudo, sp. Gray, Syn. 13. 

 Testudo § Chersobius, Fits. Syst. Schildk. 122 (1836). 



1. Homopus signatus. The Speckled Tortoise. 



Shell oblong, uniformly inclined on the sides ; shield 



flattish, yellow, black-lined or dotted, areola blackish, sunk. 



Homopus signatus, Dum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 182 ; Cat. 

 Meth. R. 6. 



Gray, Cat. Tort. B.M. 10. 

 Testudo signata, jralb. Chel. 71. 120. 



Schoepff. 120. t. 28. f. 2. 



Gray, Syn. 13. 



Bell, Test. t. 

 T. denticulata, var., Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. 1045. 

 T. cafra. Baud. Rept. ii. 291. 

 T. pardalis, jun., Schlegel, F. Japon. 73. 

 Chersine signata, Merrem, Tent. 43. 

 Testudo Chersobius cafra, Fitz. Syst. Schildk. 122. 

 Testudo Chersobius signata. Fits. Syst. Schildk. 122. 



Hab. South Africa ; Cape of Good Hope. 



a. In spirits (young). South Africa. 



b. Dry, from spii'its (very young). Isle of France ? 



2. Homopus areolatus. The Areolated Tortoise. 



Shell oblong, depressed, bent up on the sides ; shields 

 convex, grooved, yellow ; sutures deep, areola sunk, ful- 

 vous ; nuchal shield slender ; animal pale bromi ; legs 

 largely scaly. 



Homopus areolatus. Bum. ^- Bib. Erp. Ghi. ii. 146. t. 15. 

 f. 2, 3 ; Cat. Meth. R. 6. 



Ch-ay, Cat. Tort. B.M. 10. 

 Testudo areolata, Thunb. N. A. Sued. viii. 180. 



Gray, Syn. 13. 



Bell, Test. t. 1, 2. 



Seha, Thes. i. t. 80. f. 61. 



Schoepff. t. 23. 

 Chersina tetradactyla, Lesson, Bell. Sci. xxv. 119. 



Merrem, Tent. 43. 

 T. fasciata, Baud. R. ii. 294. 

 T. pusilla. Baud. R. ii. 299. 

 T. Juvencella, Baud. R. ii. 299. 

 Le Verniillion, Lacep. Q. O. 1C6. 

 Testudo Chersobius fasciata, Fitz. Syst. Schildk. 122. 

 Chersina fasciata. Men-em. 



Hab. South Africa ; Cape of Good Hope, 



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