20, TESTUDO, 169 
22, Testudo daudinii. 
Testudo daudinii, Dum. § Bibr. ii. p. 123 (1835); Giinth. Gig. Land- 
Tort. p. 33, pls. iv. & v. (1877). 
Shell more than twice as long as deep ;.carapace elongate, with 
smooth convex shields in the adult, anterior and posterior margins 
expanded, reverted, and notched between the shields; anterior pro- 
file of carapace nearly horizontal; supracaudal shield undivided, 
scarcely larger than the neighbouring marginals. Plastron short, 
truncated behind in the adult; width of the bridge only one third 
the length of the carapace. Otherwise as in 7’, elephantina, 
Aldabra ? 
a. 3, stffd., skull and limb- 
bones separate. 
"23, Testudo nigrita. 
Testudo indica, part., Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 9 (1881), and Cat. Tort. 
p- 5 (1844), and Sh. Rept. i. p. 6 (1855), and Suppl. p. 5 (1870). 
nigrita, Dum. § Bibr. u. p. 80 (1835); Giinth. Phil. Trans. 
elxy. p. 267 (1875), and Gig. Land-Tort. p. 69, pls. xxx., xxxi., 
xlii.—xliv. (1877). 
planiceps, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 6, pl. xxxiv., and Suppl. 
p. On 
: elephantina, Strauch, Chelon. Stud. p. 85 (1862). 
elephantopus, part., Gray, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1870, p. 708, pl. xli., 
and App. Cat. Sh. Rept. p. 3 (1872). 
indica, Sowerby § Lear, Tort. pl. vi. (1872). 
Elephantopus planiceps, Gray, Proc. Zool, Soc. 1873, p. 724. 
Shell rather thin, broad, not quite twice as long as deep, declivous 
in front and behind, anterior and posterior margins reverted and 
scalloped ; anterior margin notched; no nuchal; supracaudal un- 
divided ; dorsal shields strongly grooved concentrically, even in the 
adult; vertebral shields much broader than long, at least as broad 
as costals. Plastron rather large, lobes narrowed, truncate in front, 
notched behind ; width of the bridge about half the length of the 
carapace; median suture between the gulars, the pectorals, and the 
anals very short; axillary and inguinal small, Head small, with 
flat forehead ; a pair of enlarged przefrontal shields, followed by a 
nearly equally large frontal; beak feebly hooked, bicuspid ; edge of 
jaws feebly denticulated; alveolar surface of upper jaw with a 
strong median ridge; neck long. Limbs with unequal-sized, 
roundish, juxtaposed scales, one on the inner side of the fore limb 
near the elbow being much enlarged. Uniform black. 
Length of shell 1 metre. 
Galapagos Islands. 
a. Ye., stfid. Galapagos. : 
6. Her., skel. Galapagos. Dr, A. Giinther [P.1. 
Crane, Wie stiid. E 
