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I. Second and third vertebrals more broad than long, 

 as broad as the costals ; nuchal shield one time 

 and one fourth as long as broad; intergular one 

 time and two thirds the length of the suture 



between the pectorals 2. C skhenrocki p. 316. 



II. Second and third vertebrals more long than broad, 

 narrower than the costals; nuchal shield as long 

 as broad or a little more broad than long ; inter- 

 gular as long as or slightly longer than the 



suture between the pectorals 3- C oblonga p. 316. 



I. Chelodina novae-guineae Blgr. 



Chdodina iiovae-gtiincae^ Boulenger, Ann. Mus. Civ. Geneva (2) VI 1888, p. 450 



Cat. Chel. 1889, p. 215 pi. 5 — 6. 

 Chelodina iiovac-giiincac^ Siebenrock, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. X 1909, p. 571. 



Carapace oval, broadest behind, with a slight vertebral 

 depression in large specimens. Nuchal large, about one time 



Fig. 121. Chelodina 7iovae-gutiieae Blgr. Specimen of 104 mm. length. 



and a half as long as broad; first vertebral narrower than 

 second; second and third more broad than long and broader 

 than the costals, fourth smallest; dorsal shields vermiculated, 

 with radiating striae in the young. Plastron not very large, 



