200 



PELOMEDUSID^. 



3. PODOCNEMIS *. 



Podocnemis, Wagler, Si/sf. Amph. p. 135 (1830); Bum. Sr Jiibr. ii. 



p. 382 (1835); Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 45 (1844), «h(? Sh. Rq)t. i. 



p 01(1855); St ranch, Chelon. Stud. ^. 42 (IHG2) ; Grat/, Supjd. 



Cut. Sh. liept. i. p. 83 (1870), and App. p. 2G (1872). 

 Ilydraspis, part., Gray, Syn. Repl. p. 39 (1831). 

 I'eltocopbalus, Bum. (§• Bihr. ii. p. 577 ; Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 44, and 



Sh. Rept. p. 01 ; St ranch, I. c. p. 41 ; Gray, Suppl. p. 84. 

 Chelcuemys, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 134, and Sappl. p. 83, 



and App. p. 25. 

 Dumerilia (won Bocaf/e), Grandid. Rev. et May. de Zool. (2) xix. 



p. 232 (1867) ; Gray, Suppl. p. 82, and Ann. Sf Mag. K H. (4) 



xi. p. 149 (1873). 

 JJaitlettia, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 720, and Ap)p. p. 26. 

 Erymnochelys, Baur, Zool. Anz. 1888, p. 421. 



Fig. 50. 



Skull oi Podocnemis sexttdjerculata. (From Gray, P. Z. S. 1870.) 



* Podocnemis coutinhii, Goldi, Ber. S. Gall. IS'at. Ges. 1884-5, p. 279, pi. v. 

 (1880), from the Amazon, rests on a very imperfect description and figure taken 



from a quite young specimen. 



