LEATHERY TURTLE. 



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TESTUDINATA. 



CHELONIADjE. 



Genus, SjjJiargis. Merr. 



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

 skin. Feet without nails. 



LEATHERY TURTLE. 



TRUNK TURTLE. 



Sphargis coriacea. 



TesUido 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 Bibrov, Hist. 



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



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 290. 

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



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

 Corindo 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. 



