CATALOGUE OF SHIELD REPTILES. 



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reffa, only collected for their oil. The horny shields are 

 used for ornamental purposes. 



CheloniadK, Grmj, Ann. Phil. x. 212 (1825). 

 Chelonidse, Sivainson, Lard. Cyclop. 344. 



Bonap. Saggio Anini. Vert. 13 (1832) ; Tab. Analyt. 

 11 (1836). 

 Caret toides, Fit:inger, Nette Class. (1826). 

 Sphars;id£e, Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 212. 

 Cheloiiiee, Fit:. Sy.it. Rept. 30. 

 Chelonas, Wiegmann i|- Ruthe, Handh. Zoo/. 164. 

 Dermatochelydae, Fit:. Syst. Rept. 30. 

 Chelonise oiacopodse, TTagler. 



Fit:. Syst. Rept. 30. 

 Ilalichelones, Rit:en, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur. xi%'. 269 



(1828). 

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

 Chelonia (Tortues de mer), Brorign. 



Ciiv. R.A. ii. 12. 



Oppel, Rept. (1811). 

 Caretta et Sphargis, Merrem, Tent. 17. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



a. Shell covered with a coriaceous skin. Sphargiua. 



1. Sphargis. Shell covered with a coriaceous skin. Claws none. 



b. Shell covered with horny shields. Chelonianina. 



2. Caonana. Shell covered with 15 or more horny, truncated, 



not imbricate shields, which are strongly keeled in the young. 

 First and second toes clawed. 



3. Caretla. Shell covered with l.'i horny shields, imbricate and 



produced behind. Sternum strongly keeled on each side in 

 all ages. First and sometimes the second toe clawed. 



4. Chelonia. Shell covered with 13 truncated, not imbricate, 



horny shields, smooth in all ages. First linger of each fin 

 clawed. 



a. Shell covered with a coriaceous shin. Sphargina. 



Sphargidfe, Grai/, Ann. Phil. x. 212 (1825). 



Bell, Zool.'journ. iii. 516 (1828). 

 Dermatochelydse, Fit:. Syst. Rept. 30. 

 Sphargidiiia, Bonap. Saggio Anim. Vert. 13 (1832) ; Tab. 



Analyt. 11 (1836). 

 Dermatochelys, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Philom. (1816) ; Joui-n. 

 de Phys. (1816). 



TVagler, Syst. 133 (1830). 

 " Lesveur" fide Cuv. R. A. ed. 2. ii. 14. 

 Mydse, Rit:en, Nov. Act. Acad. Nat. Cur.xiv. 269 (1828). 



1. SPHARGIS. 



Shell cordate, depressed, deeply longitudinally grooved, 

 covered with a continuous coriaceous skin. Feet long. 

 Claws replaced by small coriaceous scales. Beaks strong ; 



upjier with a very distinct notch on each side of the broad 

 central notch. 



Sphargis, Mer rem, Tent. 19. 



Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 212 (1825). 



Bell, Zool. Journ. iii. 516 (1828). 



Wiegmann iji- Ruthe, Handb. Zool. 164. 



Bum. f Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 560 ; Cat. Meth. R. 25. 

 Coriudo, Fleming, Phil. Zool. ii. 271 (1822). 



Harlan, Amer. Rept. 

 Dermatochelys, Blainv. Diet. Sc. Nat. ; Journ. de Phys. 

 (1816) ; Bull. Soc. Philom. (1816). 



Fit:. Syst. Rept. 30. 



" Lesuenr," Cuvier. 



TVagler, Syst. 133(1830). 

 Scytuia, IVagler. 



1. Sphargis coriacea. The Luth. 

 Thorax ovate, cordate, sharply three-keeled. 



Sphargis coriacea. Gray, Syn. Rept. 51. 



Dmn. ^-Bib. Erp. Gen. ii. 560. t. 24. f. 2 ; Cat. Meth. 

 R. 25. 



Holbrook, N. A. Herpet. ed. 2. ii. 45. t. 6. 



DeKay, N. York, 4. t. 5. f. 9. 



Storrer, Massach. Rept. 207. t. 

 Testudo coriacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. 350. 



Schneid. Schildk. 312. 



Latr. Rept. i. 58. t. 2. f. 1. 



Shaw, Zool. t. 18. f. 1. 



Lacep. Q. O. i. t. 3. 

 Coriudo coriacea, Harlan, Amer. Rept. 85. 

 Testudo Lyra, Donnd. 



Sphargis Mercurii, Rond. De Pise. Mar. t. 5. f. 3. 

 S. mercurialis, Merrem, Tent. 19. 



Temm. F. Japon. 6. t. 1-3. 



Gray, Ann. Phil. x. 212. 

 Dermatochelys atlautica, Lesueur, Cuv. R. A. ii. 14. 

 Testudo tuberculata, Penn. Phil. Trans. Ixi., young. 



Schoepjf. Test. t. 29. 



Gravenh. Delic. t. 

 Spinose Tortoise and Tuberculated Tortoise, Penn. 

 Coriaceous Turtle, Shaw. 



Hab. Mediterranean ; Atlantic Ocean {rare) ; Cape of 

 Good Hope (Horstok); Chili (Molina); North America 

 {Lesuenr) ; Japan, called Jalafa {Siebold). 



Young. — Thorax black, covered with a coriaceous skin, 

 divided into numerous small polygonal scales ; back 

 with seven white lougitudiual ridges ; belly white, with 

 rather larger regular small polygonal shields ; fore-feet 

 nearly as long as the shell, wliite-edged. 



Testudo tuberculata, Gravenh. Delic. t. 



Phil. Trans. Ixi. f. 4, 5. 



Schoepf. Test. t. 29. 

 Dermatochelys porcata, IVagler, Syst. 133. t. 1. f. 1, 23. 



Fit:. Syst. Rept. 30. 



a. Stuffed (adult) . England ; coast of Dorsetshire. 



