1G8 



TESTXTDINIDiE. 



sized, roundish, juxtaposed scales ; no conical tubercles on the back 

 of the thighs. Tail ending in a claw-like horny scute. Uniform 

 dark l)rown or black. 



Lciijitli of shell 1 m. 23 centim. 



Aldabra. 



a. J , stffd., skull & 

 bones separate. 



b. Yg., spir. 



c. Yg., spir. 



d. c^, stffd., skull 

 separate. 



e. 2 , stttd., skull 

 separate. 



f. Ilgr. d, stffd. 



g. Yg., stffd. 

 A, i. S ) shells. 



k. Hgr, cf , carapace 



& skel. 

 I. Hgr. S , shell. 

 m, n. Yg., shells. 

 0, p, q. Ad. & hgr., 



skulls. 

 /•. Humeri, scapula, 



& femur. 

 .s\ 2 , skel. 

 t. Ad., pelvis. 



Aldabra. 



Aldabra. SirIiambertPlayfair[P.]. 



Bred in the Seychelles. Sir J. Hooker [P.]. 



Gen. Hardwicke [P.]. 



(Tj'pes of T. 2)onderosa.) 



20. Testudo gigantea. 



Testudo gigantea, Schweic/g. Prod/: p. o8 (1814) ; Diwi. ^- Bihr, ii. 

 p. 120 (1835) ; Huhrecht, Notes Leijd. Mas. iii. p. 43 (1881). 



Differs from the preceding in the more depressed shell, the depth 

 of which is not more than half the length, the smoothness in the 

 adult of the shields of the carapace, the shorter plastron which is 

 not notched behind, and the divided supracaudal shield. 



Aldabra. 



a. (S, shell ? 



21. Testudo hololissa. 



Testudo hololissa, Gilnth. Gig. Land-Turt. p. 39, pi. vii. (1877). 



This form presents all tlie characters of T. (jujantta, except that 

 the supracaitdal shield is undivided. Possibly both this and the 

 preceding species are based upou individual variations of T. elej^Jmii- 

 tina, which should then bear the name T. gujantea. 



Aldabra. 



a. $ , stffd. 



Aldabra. 



(Type.) 



