H REPTILES. 



1. Geoemyda, Gray. 



Head covered with a thin continued skin; chin not bearded, 

 Legs strong, not fringed behind. Toes 5-4, strong, short, free, 

 covered above by a series of shields ; claws short. Tail tapering. 

 Shell depressed, three-keeled ; hinder edge stronglj toothed. 

 Sternum solid, broad, truncated before, nicked behind ; gular 

 plate, linear, band-like, small ; axillary and inguinal plates small. 



The Toothed Land Emys. Geoemyda Spengleri, Gray, Pr. 

 Z. Soc. 1834. Testudo S. Walb. Hist. Naturf. vi. t. 3. Gmelin, 

 S. N. i. 1043. Schw. 310. Gray, Syn. 21. bum. fy Bib. E. Gen, 

 ii. 308. T. serrata, Shaw, Zool. iii. 50, t. 9. T. serpentina, var. 

 Latr. Rept. i. 163. T. tricarinata, Bory, Atlas, t. 37, /. 1. 



Shell oblong, depressed, pale brown, three-keeled ; keels con- 

 tinuous, distant, black-edged, hinder edge deeply serrated ; verte- 

 bral shields quadrate ; sternum black, yellow-edged : animal olive, 

 red dotted, with a white streak on each side of the neck. 



a. Adult, dry animal (shell lost one scale). 3§ inches. China. 



Presented by John R. Reeves, Esq. 



b. Shell only. Africa. 



The Spinose Land Emts. Geoemyda spinosa, Gray, Pro. Z. 

 Soc. 1834. Must. Ind. Zool. t. , f. 2. Emys s. Gray, Syn. 20. 

 Illust.Ind. Z. t. f. 1 (young). Bell, Test. t. 1. Dum. fy Bib. Erp. 

 Gen. ii. 327. " E. bispinosa," Schlegel. Testudo Emys, Muller, 

 Verh. Rept. t.4? Vertebral plates not keeled. 



Shell oblong, subquadrate, keeled, flattened above, chesnut 

 brown, front and hinder edge strongly serrated ; vertebral plates 

 broad, first suburceolate ; costal plates with a posterior, subsupe- 

 rior areola, with a slight subconic tubercle ; beneath yellow, brown 

 rayed ; young depressed, pale brown, bluntly keeled, with a dis- 

 tinct spine in the areola of each discal plate. 



a. Adult, 8 inches. Sumatra. 



2. Emys, Brongn. 



Head moderate, covered with a thin hard skin ; chin not 

 bearded. Feet short, covered with scales ; toes 5-4, strong, shielded 

 above, webbed to the claws. Tail moderate. Shell depressed. 

 Sternum solid, broad, truncated before, nicked behind, affixed to 

 the thorax by a bony symphysis, covered by the ends of the pec- 

 toral and abdominal plates ; axillary and inguinal plates moderate, 

 distinct. 



A. Vertebral plates elongate, lozenge-shaped. (Asiatic). 



a. Shell very solid, shelving on the sides ; keel tubercular, 

 margin entire. 



b. Shell depressed, three-keeled. 



