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CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



slightly nicked in front, with onl}' five pair of broad shields ; 

 the pectoral shields being short, subtriangular, only occu- 

 pying the angle between the outer edge of the humeral and 

 abdominal shields ; axillary shields small, inguinal larger ; 

 the areola of the discal shield central. 



The depressed form and divided caudal plate induce me 

 to place this genus in Emyda. It most resembles Testudo 

 Gopher in appearance, but is at once known from that spe- 

 cies and all the other genera of Testudinid^e, Emydce and 

 Chelyd(B by the peculiar form of the pectoral plates, which 

 at first sight might he mistaken for a very large inguinal 

 plate, if that ]ilate were not also present. In this respect it 

 somewhat resembles the genus Khwsternon, but tliere the 

 plate is only narrow at the inner end and reaches nearly to 

 the centre of the sternum. 



The various genera of Tesfiidinidce have the pectoral 

 plates much smaller than the others, and perhaps the small 

 size of the plate in this genus shows its affinity among the 

 EmyditKB to that family ; and were it not for the regular 

 division of the caudal and the form of the pectoral plates, 

 it might be regarded as nearly allied to the very variable 

 Testudo Indica. 



1. Manouria fusca. Brown Manouria. Tab. III. 



Pale brown, nearly uniform. Discal shield concentrically 

 grooved, with a central areola ; the anterior and posterior 

 lateral margins acute, slightly sinuated and rather bent up ; 

 the humeral and abdominal plates longer than broad, the 

 abdominal very large ; gular produced, narrowed in front. 



Geoemyda spinosa, adult, Cantor, Rept. Malay. Peni/is. 1 . 

 Manouria fusca. Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, 133 ; Ann. ^' 

 Mag. Nat. Jlisf. 'l85,j, xv. 68. 



Hah. Pinang. 



a. Shell only, in had state, wanting many of the horny 

 discal shields ; front of the sternum acutely notched. 

 Pinang. From the Zoological Society. 



/j. Shell only : adult. In a bad state ; front of the sternum 

 deformedand worn nearly round. Pinang Hills. From 

 Dr. Cantor's Collection. Presented by the Hon. East 

 India Company. 



"Geoemyda spinosa. Cantor." 



" Found on the great liill at Pinang at a distance from 

 water." — Cantor. 



Dr. Cantor's description of the animal is copied from the 

 generic character of the genus Geoemyda in this Catalogue, 

 and therefore has no special relation to the animal of this 

 genus. 



** Pectoral plates broad, square, close together, side by 

 side. 



t Toes strong, free, not webbed, covered with a series of 

 plates above. 



2. GEOEMYDA. 



Head covered with a thin hard skin, oblong ; forehead 

 rather convex. Eyes subsuperior. Branches of the lower 

 jaw narrow, rounded, covered with the beak. Chin not 

 bearded. Legs strong, not fringed behind, covered with 

 large triangular scales. Toes strong, short, free to the base, 

 covered above by a series of shields ; claws 5 • 4, short, 

 curved. Hind foot with a distinct rudimentary clawless 

 fifth toe. Tail tapering. Shell depressed, keeled ; areola 

 of dorsal shields posterior, marginal ; hinder edge strongly 

 toothed. Sternum solid, broad, truncated before, nicked 

 behind ; shields six pair, subequal ; pectoral shields broad ; 

 gular plate linear, baud-like, small ; axillary and inguinal 

 plates small. The sternum is often concave, like Testudo. 



This genus differs from Eniys in the toes being quite free. 



Geoemyda, Groy,P)-oe. Zool. Soc. 1834; Cat. Tort. B.M. 14. 

 Geoemys, " Gray," Bonap. Tab. Analyt. 7 (1836). 

 Emys, sp., Gray, Syn. Rept. 20. 



Bum. Si' Bib. Erp. Gen. ; Cut. Meth. R. 

 Testudo, sp., Miilter, Verhand. 



Bum. ^- Bib. MSS. ; Cat. Meth. R. 4. 

 Chelonura, sp., Bonap. Obs. Cuv. R. A. 171 (1836). 



1. Geoemyda spinosa. The Spinose Land Emys. 



Shell oblong, subquadrate, keeled, flattened above, chest- 

 nut-brown, front and hinder edge strongly serrated ; verte- 

 bral plates broad, first suburceolate ; costal plates with a 

 posterior, subsuperior areola, with a slight subconic tubercle ; 

 beneath yellow, brown-rayed. Toung depressed, pale brown, 

 bluntly keeled, with a distinct spine in the areola of each 

 discal plate. 



Geoemvda spinosa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834 ; Illust. 



Ind! Zool. t. . f. 2 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 14. 

 Emys spinosa. Gray, Syn. 20 ; Illust. Ind. Zool. t. . f . 1 



(young). 



Bell, Test. t. 1, young. 



Bum. H)- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 32" ; Cat. Meth. R. 15. 

 " E. bispinosa," Schleyel. 

 Testudo Emys, G. Midler, Verh. Rept. 34. t. 4 ? (1844) ; 



(vertebral plates not keeled). 

 T. Emydoides, Bum. t'j- Bib. MSS. ; Cat. Meth. R. 4. 



Hab. Pinang {Cantor) ; Sumatra (MUller) ; Java (Bu- 

 miril). 



a. Adult (stuffed) ; 8 inches. Sumatra. River Auch. 



b. Young (in spirits). Sumatra. From the Leyden Mu- 



seum. 

 " Testudo Emys, G. Milller." 



