CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



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Osteology : — 



b, c. Skeleton of male and female. Nortb America ; Penn- 

 sylvania. 



The skull subquadrangular ; forehead broad, quite flat, 

 rather raised over the nostrils ; sides of the head perpen- 

 dicular, flattened. Nose truncated ; orbits lateral, not in- 

 terrupting the outline of the forehead ; temples rather con- 

 tracted behind ; branches of the lower jaw narrow, com- 

 pressed. 



5. Geoclemys Muhlenbergii. The Two-Spotted 

 Geoclemys. 



Shell oval-oblong, smooth, low, slightly keeled, contracted 

 on the sides ; shields slightly radiately and concentrically 

 grooved, chestnut, with yellow areola and rays ; nuchal 

 linear. Head blackish, with two large, irregular, fulvous, 

 occipital spots. 



Emys JIuhlenbergii, Schweh/. Prod. 310. 



Grai/, Si/n. 25 ; Cat Tort. B.M. 20. 



Bum. ^Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 304 ; Cat. Meth. R. 12. 



Holbrook, N. A. Herpet. i. .59. t. 5 ; ed. 2. i. 45. t. 4. 



Be Kay, Zool. xV. York, 17. t. 8. f. 15. 

 Testudo Muhlenbergii, Schoepff. Test. 132. t. 31. 



Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. iv. 205. 

 Emys biguttata or bipunctata. Say, Journ. Aead. Nat. Sci. 



Philad. iv. 205, 212. 

 Chersina Muhlenbergii, Merrem, Tent. 30. 

 Terrapene Muhlenbergii, i?ona/j. Obs. Cuv.R.A. 160(1830). 



Hab. North America, New Jerseyand East Pennsylvania. 



a. Adult (stuffed). North America. From the Zoological 

 Society. 



Schlegel regards Testudo inscuJpta, Leconte, E. speciosa, 

 Bell, as a variety of this species ! — Fauna Japonica. 



**** Back not keeled, depressed ; shields thin, spotted. 

 North America. 



6. Geoclemys ^ttata. The Speckled Geoclemys. 



Shell ovate, depressed, dilated behind ; shields smooth, 

 black-brown with round yellow spots ; nuchal linear ; ster- 

 num yellow, brown-varied. Head yellow-spotted ; throat 

 yellow-lined. 



Emys guttata, Schweig. Prod. 309, 433. 



Gray, Syn. 26 ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 26. 



Bum. ^- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 295 ; Cat. Meth. R. 12. 



Holbrook, N. A. Herpet. ii. 25. t. 4 ; ed. 2. i. 81 . t. 1 1 . 



Be Kay, Zool. New York, 13. t. 6. f. 12. 

 Testudo guttata, Bechst. in Lact'p. Q. O. i. 310. 



Shaw, Zool. iii. t. 10. 

 T. punctata, Schneid. Schildk. 30 ; Berlin Naturf. x. 264. 



Baud. R. ii. 159. t. 22. 



Latr. Rept. i. 1 W. 



Testudo punctata, Schoejjjf. Test. t. 5. 



Leconte, Ann. Lye. N. Y. iii. 117. 

 T. anonyma, Schneid. Schildk. 30. 



Gothw. Schildk. f. 15. 

 T. terrestris amboiuensis, Seba, i. t. 80. f. 7. 

 Terrapene punctata, Bonap. Obs. Cuv. R. A. 159 (1830). 

 Cyclemys punctata, Tf'ayler, Syst. 137. t. 5. f. 6, 7. 

 Emys punctata, Merrem, Amph. 24. 



Say, Journ. Acad. Philad. iv. 205, 212. 



Harlan, A. H. 77. 



Hab. North America. 



a. Adult (stuffed). Presented by Henry Doubleday, Esq. 



b. Adult (animal dry). Spots on back few and large. 



North America. 



c. Adult (stuffed). Broad, depressed; spots few, large. 



North America. 



d. Adult (stuffed) . Body narrower, higher ; spots nume- 



rous. North America. 



e. Adidt (in spirits). 



f,ff& h. Adult (in spirits). North America. Presented 

 by Dr. J. E. Gray. 



Osteology : — 



/. Skeleton of adult. North America. From the Paris 

 Collection. 



Forehead flattened, rather rounded in front over the 

 nose ; nose truncated ; cheeks perpendicular ; orbits lateral ; 

 temples nearly parallel, scarcely contracted behind ; lower 

 jaw narrow. 



5. EMYS. 



Head moderate, covered with a thin hard skin, oblong ; 

 forehead convex. Eyes subsuperior. The branches of the 

 lower jaw narrow, rounded beneath, and covered with the 

 hind part of the horny beak. Chin not bearded. Fore 

 legs covered with broad lunate scales in front. Toes short, 

 strong, shielded above, webbed to the claws. Claws 5 • 4, 

 curved. Tail moderate. Shell depressed. Sternum solid, 

 broad, truncated before, nicked behind, affixed to the thorax 

 by a bou}' symphysis, covered by the ends of the pectoral 

 and abdominal plates ; axillary and inguinal plates mode- 

 rate, distinct. 



Emys, sp., Brongniart. 



Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 270 (1822). 



Gray, Syn. Rept. ; Cat. Tort. B.M. 15. 



IVieyni. S,- Ruthe, Handb. 166. 



Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. 515 (1828). 



Bum. S,- Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 230 ; Cat. Meth. R. 8. 

 Emys § 2, Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 210 (1825). 

 Clemmys, TT'agler. 



Fife. Syst. Rept. 29 (1843). 

 Terrapene, Bonap. Obs. Rig. Anim. 153(1830). 



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