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CHELONIAD^E. 



TESTUDINATA. 



CHELONIADJZ. 



Genus, Sphargis. Merr. 



Generic Character. Body wholly without scales; covered with a leathery 

 skin. Feet without nails. 



LEATHERY TURTLE. 



TEUNK TURTLE. 



SpJiargis coriacea. 



Testudo Mercurii, GESN. Aquat. II. p. 1134. 



coriacea, LINN. Syst. Nat. I. p. 350, sp. 1. SCHNEID. Schildk. 



p. 512. DAUD. Hist. Kept. II. p. 62, t. xviii. f. ]. 



TURT. Brit. Faun. p. 78. 

 Sphargis GRAY, Syn. Rept. p. 51. DUMER. et BIBRON, Hist. 



Kept. II. p. 560, t. xxiv. f. 2. BONAP. Faun. Ital. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 290. 

 Mercurialis^ MERR. Amph. p. 19. Risso, Hist. Nat. Eur. Merid. III. 



p. 85. SCHLEG. Faun. Japon. Chelon. p. 6, 1. 1, 2, 3. 

 Coriudo coriacea, FLEM. Brit. Anim. p. 149. 



Coriaceous Tortoise, PENNANT, Brit. Zool. III. p. 7, t. i. 

 Turtle, BORLASE, Nat. Hist, of Cornw. p. 285, t. xxvii. f. 4. 



Dermatochelys porcata, WAGL. Syst. Amph. p. 133, t. i. f. 123. 



