THE REPTILE BOOK 



PLATE III 



GREEN TURTLE, Chdonia mydas 



Esteemed as an article of diet and well known in the markets. Receives its name from the greenish hue of the fat. Large example 



weigh 800 pounds. Inhabits all the warmer seas 



HAWK'S-BILL TURTLE, Chdonia imbricata 



. from this : ;ptcie3 'K obtained th,e valuable ' 'tortoise shell." It is the smallest of the marine ti'rt 

 ; ; '^hemropheres. Easily recognised by the overlapping shields 



rtles. Found in the warm seas of both 



