12 CHELONIAD A. 
TESTUDINATA. CHELONIAD. 
Genus, Sphargis. Merr. 
Generie Character.— Body wholly without scales; covered with a leathery 
skin. Feet without nails. 
LEATHERY TURTLE. 
TRUNK TURTLE. 
Sphargis coriacea. 
Testudo Mereurit, Gesn. Aquat. II. p. 1134. 
»  coriacea, Linn. Syst. Nat. I. p. 350, sp. 1. Scunerp. Schildk. 
p- 512. Daun. Hist. Rept. II. p. 62, t. xviii. f 1. 
Tort. Brit. Faun. p. 78. 
Sphargis 55 Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 51. Dumer. et Bisron, Hist. 
Rept. II. p. 560, t. xxiv. f. 2. Bonar. Faun. Ital. 
JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 290. 
Mercurialis, Merr. Amph.p. 19. Russo, Hist. Nat. Eur. Merid, ITI. 
p. 85. Scuxec. Faun, Japon. Chelon. p. 6, t. 1, 2, 3. 
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Cortudo coriacea, Fem. Brit. Anim. p. 149. 
Coriaceous Tortoise, | PENNANT, Brit. Zool. IIT. p. 7, t. i. 
Turtle, Borxase, Nat. Hist. of Cornw. p. 285, t. xxvii. f. 4. 
Dermatochelys porcata, WAGL. Syst. Amph. p. 133, t. i. f. 1—23. 
