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on the fore feet are five distinct toes, connected 

 to the very tips by a web, and terminated by so 

 many sharp, crooked claws : the hind feet have 

 only four toes, with sharp claws, and connected 

 also by a web, with the appearance of a small un- 

 armed fifth or spurious toe : the tail is short, co- 

 nical, scaly, pointed, and but little exceeding the 

 margin of the shell in length : the under shell is 

 yellowish, spotted, and varied with brown. 



ROUGH TORTOISE. 



Testudo Scabra ? T. pedibus palmatis, testa planiuscula, scutdlu 

 omnibus intermediis dorsatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 351. 



Tortoise with palmated feet, and flattish shell, with all the in- 

 termediate scutella elevated on the back. 



Testudo terrestris Amboinensis minor. Seb. 1. p. 126. t. 79. 

 / 1, 2. 



THE shell of the species quoted by Linnaeus in 

 his description of T. scabra is figured in its natural 

 size in the work of Seba, who aftirms that it never 

 grows larger than represented in his figure ; mea- 

 suring about two inches and a half in length, and 

 near two inches in breadth ; being of a cordated 

 figure, or somewhat pointed at the bottom. Its 

 colour, according to Seba, is light reddish, prettily 

 variegated on the head and shell with white lines 

 and spots, in a kind of flamy or wavy pattern : 

 the feet are marked with red specks, and have each 

 five toes with sharp claws : the head is very promi- 

 nent, and the eyes small : down the back of the 

 disk are represented in Seba's engraving three 



