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broad as the costals. Plastron large, emarginatc anteriorly, 

 broadly notched behind; width of bridge equals length of hind 

 lobe; abdominals largest, the others take the following order: 

 femorals, pectorals, hunierals, anals; gulars smallest; no axillary 

 or inguinal shields. Head covered with undivided skin; upper 

 jaw strongly hooked in the middle; mandibular symphysis shorter 

 than the diameter of the orbit. Limbs covered with uniform, 

 imbricate scales, digits shortly webbed, with five claws at the 

 fore limb, four at the hind limb. Tail a little longer than the head. 



Fig. no. Geocviyda sfc/iglcri ({.'iiwol.'). 



Carapace yellowish-brown, speckled with brown; dorsal keels 

 with black lines; plastron dark brown, bordered with a yellow 

 band, which separates the bridge from the other part of the 

 plastron; head pale brown; a yellowish longitudinal streak 

 beginning at the eye, a short one behind the eye and a 

 third above the tympanum; limbs with small yellow spots. 

 Length of shell 104 mm. 



