1097 



1098 



Sternotlienis Boscii, ßell. Zoo]. Joiirn. n. (N. 

 VII.) sp. 4. 



Testiulo pensylvanica, var. Shaw, Gen. Zoo!. 

 III, p. 6i. t. 15 ? 



La Tortue odorante, Latr. DauJ. locis citatis, 

 et aliorum Franc. 



La Tortue ä battants soudes, Franc, var. 



Vulgo: Stink -pot. Miisk Tortoise. In provin- 

 cüs meridionalibus: Mud- Tarapin. 



Extat in museo nostro. 



3« moraftigen ©idbcn unb Q5äc()en 9?orbamftica'8, 

 «on 9J«ucafatta, reo fie fe^t gemein, bii glociba; @£^)ilö 

 3% 3oU. 



Genus 5. Chelonura. 



Testudo, L. — Emys, Brongn. Dumer. Oppel. 

 Merr. — Chelonura, Flem. Say. — Elapara, Gray. 

 — Chelydra, Fitzinger. — Tortues d'eau douce, Cuv. 



Testa depressa cum sterni Bcuto unico (pecto- 

 rali) a latere expanso, solide connexa, scutello libe- 

 ro accessorio interjecto. 



Sternum parviim, angustum, rhombiforme, scu» 

 tis abdaminaiibus destitutum. 



Scuta disci 13. marginalia 25, Sterni 10. Scutel- 

 lum liberum unicum inlerjectum. 



Pedes magni aegre retractiles. Collum elonga- 

 ttim. Caput grande. Cauda valde elongata, crassa, 

 cristata. 



Pedes forma et situ natatorü : digiti dittincti, 

 membrana ampla connexi: ungues longi, crassi, acu- 

 ti, in antcrioribus pedibus 5, in posterioribus 4. 



Statura magna. 



Aquaticae, praesertim fluviatiles. Egregie natant 

 et urinantnr. Celeriter currunt. Carnivorae, vora- 

 cisimae: Mordaces, Frequenter sub terra se abdunt 

 snmmo ore diimtaxat extus porrecto, tit praediim 

 insidientur. Aviculas expc-tunt, et in proxime trans- 

 volitantes caput SHum longissimo collo suffultum re- 

 pente jaeulantur: piscium depopulatores, 



Ckelydihus affines, ideoque nonnihil Trionycibus 

 et marinis Chelonüs : alioquin ordinem suura ob 

 affinem Crocodilum cum aliis reptilibus nectunt. Spe- 

 cies Americana anica innotuit. 



Spec. 1. Chelonura serpentina. 



Gh. testa subcarinata , postice utrinqae acute 

 tridentata; rostro adunco. 



Testudo serpentina, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 351. 

 «p, i5. — Id. Mus, Ad. Fred. II. p. 56. Gmel. Syst. 

 t, p. 1042. sp. 15. — Schneid. Schildkr, p. 537. — 

 Schoepff. Test. p. 23. t. 6. — Latr. Rept. 1. p. 159. 

 cum ic. — Daud. Rept. II. p, 98. — Leconte, Ann. 

 Lyc. N. Y. III, p, »27. sp. i6. 

 3i(S 1833. ^(ft 11. 



Emys serpentina, IVIerr. Syst. Amph. p. 23» 

 sp. 6. 



Chelonura serpentina, Say, Journ. Ac. Phil. IV. 



p, 206. et 217. sp. 14. 



Rapara serpentaria, Gray. 



Chelydra serpentina, Fitzing. 



Testudo lacertina et serpentina, Franc. 



Testudo Spi'ngleri, Gmel. Syst. i. p. 1043. sp. 

 57. — Dtiiid. Rept. II. p. 103. juv. 



Testndo eerrata, Penn. Shaw, Gen. Zool. III. 

 p. 51. t. 9. f. 2. nee Auct. 



Emys Spengleri Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 23. sp. 

 7. juv. 



La Tortne Serpentine, Bosc, Nouv. Dict, H, N, 

 ed, I. XXII. p. 261. 



La Tortue Spenglerienne, Bosc, Id. Ibid. p. 

 261. JUY. 



La Tortue a longue queue, Cuv. Regn. An, II. 

 p, 12. 



Serrated Tortoise, Penn. Arct. Zool. Suppl. sp. 6. 



Spenglerische Schildkröte, Walbaum in Schrifft, 

 Berl, Nat. Fr. VI. p. 122. t. 6. juv. 



Vulgo: Loggerhead, Snapper, Snapping Turtle 

 in provinciis Septentrionalibus et centralibus: Alli- 

 gator Tarapin in meridionalibus: Coutta, Afro-ame- 

 ricanorum. 



Extat in Museo nostro. 



SSon 9?eu»2)ot! biä gloriba, in @c«n, me^t in 5(üf-- 

 fen, unb jtDQt liebet in ttuben qI« flaten; S'«'f<^ fl"'» 

 @(^i(b i Sup, a6(t bisweilen tierenmd^ig. 



Les SauTiens p. 16. .^ict (inb «ic^t einmal bie 

 ftnnjofif($en ©attinigen bet od)ten Lacertae genögenb 60 

 ^anbelt. S3cy ben amecicanifd)en fännte ic^ man^c iwei= 

 fell)afte herausgeben, laffc eä nf)« bleiben, »eil it^ (i« bc(§ 

 jitd;t ganj ouffldten fönnte. 



Lcs Ophidiens p. 68. STud) ^ier finben fid) 58er» 

 wictungcn ; i* ^ebe nur bie ©ippe Heterodon Beauvois 

 p. 8» aus. Sie C()oractcre (inb jtt5ai; rid)ti9, aber bet 

 Sßerf. gibt Cenchris mokeson Daud. ali SRufter, Um 

 biefc d^aractete fefjlen, c« mog £iniK3 Boa contortrix 

 feijn cbct nid)t. 2)iefe ©cfclnnge, roeldje 2)aubin nad) tinec 

 3eid)nung befd)reibt, i|t giftifl unb entfprict)t Scytale cu- 

 preus Raßn. g)?uf?er ift Coluber heterodon Daud. 

 (Hut. tachetc, platyrhinos Lalr.) £)ie einjige ©d)(«n» 

 gc, worauf man (5ateSbi)ö Hoiinose II. p. 56 bejieljeB 

 fann, unb bie cinjige ©atlung, toel4)e ic^ au« biefcr Sippe 

 {(nne. 



Lcs Couleuvres p. 83- 2)ie Sfufjdfcfung unb S5c» 

 (limmung bet europdiifdien Colubri «ecbient 80b, «eniget 

 ober bet neue Coluber siculus Cuv, u. C, girondicus, 



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