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Testudo emys, Boulenger, Cat. Chel. 1889, p. 158 (s. syn.). 

 Testudo emys^ Siebenrock, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. X 1909, p. 519. 



Carapace depressed, not quite half so deep as long; anterior 

 and posterior margins reverted and serrated ; nuchal present, 

 a little more broad than long; supracaudals two; vertebrals 

 at least as broad as the costals, much more broad than long; 

 anterior lateral side of second and third not or slightly shorter 

 than posterior lateral; dorsal shields concentrically striated. 

 Plastron large, anterior lobe slightly notched and somewhat 



Fig. 115. Testudo emys Schleg. & Mull. 



produced; hind lobe deeply notched; pectorals usually widely 

 separated from each other; axillary shield very small, inguinal 

 large. Head moderate, two large praefrontals; frontal large; 

 jaws not hooked, with a feebly denticulated edge; alveolar 

 surface of upper jaw with a strong median ridge; temporal 

 arch broad. Fore limb with large, imbricate, bony tubercles 

 anteriorly, five claws; hind limbs with large bony tubercles 

 on the sole, larger spur-like tubercles on the heel and the thigh; 

 four claws. Tail short. 



Dark brown or blackish. Young specimens with a yellowish- 



