IGO TESTUDINIDiE. 



Bcpt. p. 9 (1855) ; Sfraiich, Chehm. Stud. p. 78 (18G2), and Verfh. 



Schildkr, p. '22 (18G5) ; Suiverby ^- Lear, Tort. pis. xvii. & xviii. 



(187iV). 

 Chersiiie cnlcarata, Merr. Tent. p. 32 (1820). 

 Testutlo radiata, var. senegalensis. Gray, Sijn. Rept. p. 11. 



sulcata, part., Dum. Sf liihr. ii. p. 74, pi. xiii. fig. 1 (1835). 



Pel tastes sulcatus, Gr(ty, Pruc. Zool. Soc. ISliD, p. 173, and Siqjpl. 



Cat. Sh. Rept. i. p. 12 (1870), and App. p. (1872). 

 Centrochelys sulcatus, Gray, Froc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 725. 



Shell not more than twice as long as deep, flattened on tlic 

 vertebral region, descending abruptly on the sides ; anterior and 

 posterior margins reverted ; lateral marginals much deeper than long ; 

 nnehal shield absent ; supracaudal undivided ; shields strongly 

 grooved concentrically ; vertobrals much broader than long and at 

 least as broad as costals. Plastron large, gular region somewhat 

 produced and bifid, hind lobe deeply notched posteriorly; pectoral 

 shields very narrow and with straight anterior border throughout 

 the greater part of their extent, widening abruptly towards the 

 axillary notch ; suture between the auals very short ; axillary and 

 inguinal small. Head moderate ; two large praefrontal shields and 

 a large frontal ; beak hooked, tricuspid ; edge of jaws strongly 

 dentate ; alveolar surface of upper jaw with a strong tuberculate 

 median ridge. Pore limb anteriorly with large, bony, pointed, 

 imbricate tubercles of unequal size ; hind limb with large, conical, 

 spur-like bony tubercles on the heel; two or three ver)' large 

 conical tubercles on each side on the back of the thighs. Uniform 

 brownish or horn-colour above, yellowish interiorly. 



Length of shell 36 eentim. 



Tropica] and South Africa. 



a. Hgr., stffd. Abvssinia. Dr. Eiippell. 



b. 5 , skel. S. Africa. 



c. Ad., carapace. S. Africa. 

 d 2 , stffd. ? 



8. Testudo pardalis. 



Testudo pardalis, Bell, Zool. Jaurn. iii. p. 420 (1828), and Mon. Test. 

 pi. — (1835) ; Dum. ^- Bihr. ii. p. 71 (1835) ; Gray, Cat. Tort. 

 p. 7 (1844), and Sh. Rept. i. p. i) (1855); Strauch, CheJon. Stud. 

 p. 77 (1862) ; Gray, Ann. S,- May. N. H. (3) xii. p. 382 (1863) ; 

 iStrauch, Verth. Schildkr. p. 22(1865) ; Gray, Si/ppt. Cat.Sh. Rept. 

 i. p. 6 (1870) ; Peters, Reise n. Mossanib. ill. p. 2 (1882). 



Shell not more than twice as long as broad, vertebral shields more 

 or less convex ; sides nearly vertical ; anterior and posterior margins 

 reverted and serrated ; nuchal border deeply notched ; nuchal 

 shield absent ; supracaudal undivided ; dorsal shields concentrically 

 striated, vertebrals broader than long and at least as broad as costals. 

 Plastron large ; guh-r region not or but very slightly produced, 

 openly notched ; hind lobe deeply notched, bifid ; pectoral shields 

 very narrow and with straight anterior border throughout the 

 greater part of their extent, widening abruptly towards the axillary 



