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CHELONIAD^E. 



TESTUDINATA. 



CHELONIADJE. 



Genus, Sphargis. Men*. 



Generic Character. — Body wholly without scales; covered with a leathery 

 skin. Feet without nails. 



LEATHERY TURTLE. 



TRUNK TURTLE. 



Sphargis coriacea. 



Testudo Mercurii, Gesn. Aquat. II. p. 1134. 



„ coriacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 350, sp. 1. Schneid. Schildk. 



p. 512. Daud. Hist. Rept. II. p. 62, t. xviii. f. 1. 



Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 78. 

 Sphargis „ Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 51. Dumer. et Bibron, Hist. 



Rept. II. p. 560, t. xxiv. f. 2. Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 290. 

 „ Mercurialis, Merr. Amph. p. 19. Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Merid. III. 



p. 85. Schleg. Faun. Japon. Chelon. p. 6, t. 1, 2, 3. 

 Coriudo coriacea, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 149. 



Coriaceous Tortoise, Pennant, Brit. Zool. III. p. 7, t. i. 

 Turtle, Borlase, Nat. Hist, of Cornw. p. 285, t. xxvii. f. 4. 



Dermatochelys porcata, Wagl. Syst. Amph. p. 133, t. i. f. 1 — 23. 



