1091 



1092 



La Tortue peinte.Bosc, in Nouv. Dict, H. N.cd, 

 I. XXII. p. 265. — Cuv. Regn. An. II. p. 1 1. 



La Tortue cendree, Latr. ioco citato, juv. 



Die aschfarbige Schildkröte, Bechst. in Laceped. 

 Amph. i.p. 308. jur. 



Vulgo: Painted Tortoi5e, Flat-backedTerrapin. 

 Extat in Museo nostro. 



83on €onaba bi« ^Sitginicn in SScfftctn, ©c<n anb 

 ©ümpf«!!, nid)f in fJicfcn&em SBafl"«; (titbt im "itocftncn 

 nad) xotniq la^en; fc^c g«mcin in S^cucdfatea ; gleifcb fe^t 

 i(i)lKit; ©*il!> 5 3oU/ bisweilen 8 3oU. 



Sp. 10. Terrapene punctata: testa laevi nigra, 

 flavo punctata. 



Testudo punctata, Schneid. Schildhr. ed. 2. p. 

 30, in Schrift. Berl. Nat. X. p. 264. — Schoepff. Test, 

 p. 25. t. 5. — Latr. Rept. 1. p. 110. — Daud. Rept. II. 

 p. »59. t. 22. — Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. III. p. 

 117. sp. 21. 



Testudo guttata. Schneid. Shaw. Zool. lli. p. 

 47. t. »0. f. 2, 



T. anonyma, Schneid. 



Emys punctata, Merr. Syst, Amph. p. 24. sp, i3. 

 — Say, Journ. Ac. Ph. I V. p. 205. et 2 1 2. sp. 8. 



Testudo terrestris amboinensis, Seba, Thcs, i. 

 tab. 80. f. 7- 



La tortue ponctuee,Bosc, in Nouv, Dict. H. N. ed. 

 i. XXII. p. 265. 



Vulgo: spotted Tortoise. — Extat in Museo 

 nostro. 



©utd) bie ganje Jfuäbe^nung bet tiercinißtfn <StaaUn 

 In tlaun ©drfjtn, nie in SBeiban ober trübem 5i3afTfr, i|t 

 »ielen Jlbdnberungen untetmotfcn, wirb nic^tjegedcn, <2c()ilö 

 4% 3oU, mtifl ml tleiner, 



Sp. II. Terrapene Muhleiihergii : testa gibba, 

 cirinata, lateribus medio subcontractis; scutellis le- 

 viter concentrice sulcatis; nucha utrinque tnacula 

 magna aurantiaca. 



Testudo Muhlenbergli, Schoepff. Test. p. 132. t. 

 31. ^ Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. Y. III. p. 119. sp. 12. 



Chersine Muhlenbergii, Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 30. 

 sp. 35. (Testamne tantum vidit?) 



Emys biguttata, Say, Journ. Ac. Pli. IV. p. 205. 

 et ii2.i>p- 9. 



Emys Muhlenbergii, Recent. 



Extat in Museo nostro. 



3« flaten 53(l4cn »on 9?cuci5fatea unb "Pennfvlonnini 

 mit bcn »Dtigcn, ^at 3(bdn6erungen, reetdje' mand)nial be^ 

 ntn bct vorigen jum SQcrweAfeln gleichen; üienilid) feiten; 

 ^ie fleind« »on flücn, <Sd)ilö nic^t ober 3% SoU; tt'trl> 

 nitjjt 9»9e(T«n- 



Genus 3. Emys. 



Testuilo L. — Emys Brongn. — Emys et Ter- 

 rapene Merr. — Terrapene Bell. — Cistuda, Fleming, 

 Say. — Tortues d'eau douce Cuv. 



Testa convexa, scutis marginalibus binis cum 

 sterni unico binisve a latere non expansis junctaope 

 membranae. * 



Sterniim (in speciebus hucusque coonitis) bival» 

 ve, valva utraque circa eumdem axim raol)ili. 



Scuta disci 13. IVIarginalia 25. Sterni 12. Scu- 

 tella libera accessoria nulla. Caput, cauda et pedes 

 insigniter retractilec. 



Pedes digitis distinctis, membranula fimbria- 

 ta basi junctis: ungues elongati, ciirvi, graci- 

 les, acuti, in pedibus anticis quinque, in posticis 

 quatuor. 



Statura parva. 



Omnivorae : animalibus et vegetabilibus aeque 

 omnino vcscuntur. 



Species binae tantum adhuc notae, altera Eu« 

 ropaea, altera Americana, valde inter se diversae: 

 verosimiliter in posterum genere disjungendae. 



Subgenus 1. Cistuda, 



Tortues ä bdite Cuv. — Terrapene Merr. — 

 Cistuda, Fleming, Say. 



Sternum scuto unico (abdominal!) cum testa 

 junctum ; valvis eximie moLiiibus, corjjus retractum 

 undique abscondentibus testam obserantibus. 



Forma, habitu et moribus ad Testudines acce- 

 dunt. Terrestres, timidae, et tardae. 



Sp. 1. Emys clausa: testa valde convexa, ro- 

 tunda, carinata; rostro adunco; cauda brevi, 



Testudo Carolina? Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 35». 

 sp. 11.* — |Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. p. 1041. sp. 11. — 

 Bonnat, Erp. p.^28. — Latr. Rept. 1. p. 127. — Daud. 

 Rept. II. p. 207. t. 23. f. I. et 2. 



Testudo carollniana, Schneid. Schildkr. p, 334. 



T. carinata? Linn. Syst. i. p. 553. sp. 12. — 

 Gmel. Syst. I. p. 1043. sp. 12. — Bonnat. Erp. p. 28. — 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. p. 35. 



T. clflu=;a, Gmel. Syst. i. p. 1044. sp. 25. — 

 Schneid, in Schrift. Berl. Nat. X. p. 270. — Schoepff, 

 Test. p. 35. t. 7. — Daud. Rept. II. p. 207. t. 23. f. 1. et 

 2. — Latr. Rept. i. p. 139. — Shaw, Gen. .Zool. III, 

 p. 36. t. 7. (Ic. ex Edwanlsio.) — Leconte, Ann. Lyc. N. 

 Y. III. p. 124. sp. 15. 



Testudo virginiana, Grew, Mus. pag. 38 tab. 

 3- f. 2. 



• In jurenibus membrana qnae sternum cum testa jungit 

 ita «rcta ut fere inconspicua. 



