TORTOISES. 49 



The Rafeht. Tvrse Eafeht. Testudo Rafeht, Oliv. Voy. 

 Pers. iii. 453, t. 41. Shaw, 3Iisc. t. 907. T. Euphraticus, Dau'd. 

 Rept. ii. 305. Geoff. Ann. Mus. xiv. 17. Gray, Syn. 48. Dum. et 

 Bib. E. G. ii. 498. 



Dull green ; tail rather elongate. 



Inhab. Tigris and Euphrates. Mus. Zool. Soc. 



3. DOGANIA. 



Head large, broad behind. Muzzle elongate, conical. Lips 

 moderate ? Dorsal shield flexible on the edge. Ribs 8-8, not 

 united into a solid disk until late in life. Sternum narrow at each 

 end ; callosities 2, small ? Episternal lines forming a V, but not 

 contiguous at their base. Tail elongate ? 



The Dogania. Dogania subplana. Trionyx subplanus, Geoff. 

 Ann. Mus. xiv. 11, t. 5, /. 2. Schiveig. Prod. 289. Gray, Syn. 

 48. Must. hid. Zool. t. Schlegel, F. Jap. 34. Gymnopus s. 



Dum. et Bib. E. G. ii. 497. 



Shell flattened ; disk varied with yellow, with brown vermicu- 

 lations; head yellow-varied; tail elongated. 



a. Dry. India, Bengal ? Presented by Gen. Th. Hardwicke. 



4. Chitra. 



Head very depressed, large, dilated behind. Muzzle very short 

 broad. Lips very thick. Shield flexible on the edge. Ribs 8-8. 

 Vertebral bones distinct, narrow. Sternum narrow at each end. 

 Sternal callosities 4. Episternal lines elongate, far apart, nearly 

 parallel. 



The Sewteree. Chitra Indica. Trionyx Indicus, Gray, Syn. 

 Rept. 47. T. iEgyptiacus, var. Indicus, Gray, Illust. bid. Zool. 

 i. t. 80. Testudo Chitra, B. Hamilton, Icon. ined. Gymnopns 

 lineatus, Dum. et Bib. E. G. ii. 491. 



Shield much depressed, with a longitudinal central depression. 



a. Adult, stuffed. Philippine Islands. From Mr. Cuming's col- 



lection. 



b. In spirits, very young. Olive, front of shield covered with close 



round subconic warts ; head olive, minutely black-dotted ; 

 throat olive, minutely white-dotted. India. 



5. Trionyx. 



Head rather large, ovate, dilated behind. Muzzle rather elon- 

 gate, conical. Lips thick. Shield flexible on the edge. Ribs 

 7-7. Sternum narrow at each end. Sternal callosities 4, nearly 

 confluent. N. America. 



The Fierce Trionyx. Trionyx ferox, Merrem, Tent. 20. 

 Gray, Syn. 43. Schlegel, F. Jap. t. 5,/. 5, head. Testudo f. Penn. 



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