20. TESTUDO. 77 
g, h. Hgr. & yg., Between Chah Suguti and Gen. Goldsmid [P.]. 
shells. Duruh, N.E. Persia. 
a ©, stffd. Karman, S.E. Persia. Wines wBlantord, 
Esq. [C.], 
k-l. Ye, spir. Karman, 8.E. Persia. WoT Blanford, Esq. 
C 
m,n. 39, stffd. —P Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 
o. 2, shell. —? Mrs.Christopher(P. ]. 
(Type of 7. wheter.) 
p. ®, shell. —? 
38. Testudo greca. 
Testudo graeca, Linn. S. N. i. p. 852 (1766); Schoepff, Test. p. 38, 
pls. vii. & ix. (1792) ; Hermann, Observ. Zool. p. 219 (1804); 
Bory and Bibron, Expéd. Morée, Rept. p. 58, pl. vii. fig. 1, & pl. ix. 
fiz. 4 (1833) ; Bonap. Icon. Faun. Ital, A Dum. & Bibr. ii. 
49 (1835); Strauch, Chelon. Stud. 73 (1862), and Verth. 
Renildhr. p. 16 (1865); ’Schreib. Herp. in p. 550 (1875) ; Lortet, 
Arch. Mus. Lyon, iv. p. 5, pls. ii. & ii, fig. 1 (1887). 
hermanni, G'mel. Syst. ’ Nat. p 1041 (1789). 
——- greeca, part., Daud. Repl. uu. p. 218 (1802); Gray, Cat. Tort. 
p.9 (1844), and Sh. Rept. 1. p. 10 (1855). 
Baltentes erecus, part., Gray, Proc. Zool. 1869, p. 173, and Suppl. 
Cat. Sh. Rept. ‘i p. 12 2 (1870). 
Chersinella greeca, Gray, Proce. Zool. Soc. 1875, p. 725, pl. Ix. fig. 4. 
Carapace moderately convex, not or but very feebly expanded 
posteriorly, not serrated; nuchal elongate; supracaudal divided 
above, ineurved in male; dorsal shields concentrically striated ; ver- 
tebrals considerably narrower than costals; fifth vertebral, however, 
very broad, much broader than the others. Plastron large, notched 
behind; suture between the pectoral shields not half as long as that 
between the humerals; suture between the anals as long as or longer 
than that between the humerals; axillary and inguinal small. Head 
as in the preceding species. Scaling on front of fore limbs compara- 
tively small, the scales, which are larger towards the outer side, 
forming seven to ten longitudinal series; no conical tubercle on the 
hinder ‘side of the thigh ; tail ending in a claw-like horny tubercle. 
Shell bright yellow, dorsal and marginal shields spotted and bordered 
with black; a broad black band along each side of the plastron. 
Length of shell 14 centim. 
Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Dalmatia, Balkan 
Peninsula, Greek archipelago, Syria. 
a. &, spit. Antakia, Syria. Dr. Lortet [P.]. 
b. 3, stfid. p Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 
ce. 9, stfid. ——? Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 
d. d, shell. —? Gen. Hardwicke | P.]. 
e. @, shell. —? 
Under the name of Testudo greca bettai, Lataste has described, 
Le Natur. 1881, p. 396, an old specimen, of unknown origin, which 
appears to be an anomalous 7’. greca, approaching in some respects 
