HERPETOLOGY. 



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Bepole 



The flesh of this species is coarse and rank, and eaten 

 only by the lowest classes of the people. Its body, 

 however, affords a considerable quantity of oil, which is 

 used for burning in lamps, and dressing leather. The 

 plates of its shell are too thin for most purposes, but 

 nave been employed in cabinet-work. 



An individual of this species, which was caught on 

 the coast of Provence in France, was kept by Rondelet 

 It emitted a confused kind of noise resembling sighing. 



If. Daudin reckons as varieties of this species, the Na- 

 tieorne of Lacepede, the Box tortoise of Catesby, the 

 Thickheaded tortoise of Dampier, and the Testuda ma- 

 croptu of Walbeume. 



'i. Chr Ionia coriacea, coriaceous turtle. 



We notice this species here, only for the purpose of 

 remarking, that it is sometimes confounded with the 

 first species of the next tribe. The distinguishing cha- 

 racters of both will be considered more properly in a 

 subsequent page. 



GIN is II. TKSTUDO. TORTOISES. 



of lake* and rivers; others live entirely on land. There 

 are about M species, which may be divided into two 

 Sections, according aa they live most commonly on wa- 

 ter or on land. 



SECT. I. Freth-mater Tortouet. 



These have the toes distinct, and generally termina- 

 ted by crooked daws In some peoes the toes are en- 

 tirely separate ; in others they are more or leas omnert* 

 ed by iimiihfinai, or the feet are palmated. They h'e 

 in or near fresh water, but walk eaily on land. Of 

 this Section there are about 96 species, distinguished 

 by the following ernes and characters. 



o Feros. Fierce or soft tortoise. 

 Shell ovate, brown, leathery, tuberculated before and 

 behind ; three toes, furnished with nails ; inuule pro- 

 minent, cylindrical. 



T. Per z. Pennant, Pkd. Tram. vol. Ixi. p. 266. 

 Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1059. Schoepff, Hut. Tttlnd. p. 88. 

 pi. six. 



La Toiiue de Penman!, Daudin, i. p. 69. pi. xviii. 



M- 



ret T. Shaw, iii. p. 6*. pL xviu 

 La Tortue MoUf, Lacepede, L art. xiv. 



To'touei, under which we include the F.mydft, 

 Ckrlydtt, and Trt'udimrt of Dumeril, have all the toes 

 furnished with daws, but not distinct in all specie*, 

 some having them separate, while in others the di junc- 

 tion is marked only by the projecting daws. The shell 

 is generally hard and horny, but in a few species it is 

 of a soft consistence. The tortoises feed partly on ve- 

 getables, and partly on insects, worms, snail*, and simi- 

 lar small Mm'f Some of them wide on the borders 



Le Trionyx de Georgie, Geoffrey, Ann. de Mm. xiv. Chelonan 

 p. 17.* Reptile* 



2. T. Ettpkralica, Euphratian T. Shield of an ob- 

 scure green, leathery, not tuberculated; breastplate 

 white and smooth. 



LaT.de I'Etiphrate, Daud. i. p. 305. 



Le Trionyx de I'Euphrate, Geoff. Ann. xiv. p. 17. 



3. T. tartrami. Cirrhated T. Shell soil ; feet five- Bsrtrwii. 

 toed, all the toes nailed ; nose elongated, and furnished 



with retractile cirrhi. 



La T,rtur de Bartram, Daud. i. p. 74. 

 Tettudo Vemuxaa Barlrami, Schoepff, p. 90. 



4. T. rottrala. Beaked T. Shell or Im-t do-ovate, RostrtU . 

 leathery, carinated, rough, streaked with oblique fur- 

 rows from elevated points ; nose cylindrical ; three toes, 

 furnished with claws. 



La tortue a IMC, Daud. L p. 77. 



T. roitrata, Schoepff, p. 93. pi. xx. 



T. membrmnacea, Linn, a Gmelin. 



Le trionyx lie carene, Geoff Ann. xiv. p. 14. 



5. T. grantdata. Shagreen T. Plates of the shield GranuUu. 

 granulated, naked, hard ; breastplate and margin of the 



shield cartilaginous. 



La tortue ckagriiue , Daud. L p. 81. Lacepede, i. art. 

 xxiv. 



Le trionyx de Coromandei, Geoff. Ann. xiv. p. 16. 



6. T. matamata. Matamata T. Shell oval, subcon- MtUmata, 

 vex, triplv carinated; feet subdigitated ; noM- cylindri- 

 cal, lengthened into a proboscis ; neck fimbriated on 



each side. 



La torts* wtaiomata, Daud. i. p. 86. pi. xx. fig. 1. 

 T Jimbnata, Schoepff, p. 97. pi. xxi. Linn a Gme- 

 lin. 



Fimbriated T. Shaw, iii. p. 70. pi. xviii. 



Chttyt fitnbriata, t Dumeril, Zooiag. Analyt. 



1. T. totpimota. Two-kpined T. Dorsal plates 13, BWpinoo. 

 elongated, posteriorly subimbricated, wrinkled, acutely 

 carinated ; two of the marginal plates above the tail 

 acutely two-forked. 



La tortuf double epine, Daud. t. p. J)4. 



8 T. terprmttna. Serpentine T. Dorsal plates sub- Serpentinn. 

 carinated behind ; shield marked behind witu five or 

 six tooth-like processes; feet digit. < 



La tortmt ter pen tine, Daud. i. p. 98. pi. xx. fig. 2. 

 Lcrpede, i. an x. 



T. terpentina, Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1042. Schoepff, 

 p 28. pi. vi. 



Snake torioue, Shaw, iii. pi. xix. 



!) '/'. tpenglm Spenglerian T. Shield yellow, sub- 

 cannated, posteriorly six-toothed ; scales imbricated. 



La lor- tie tfienglerifnne, Daud L p. 103. 



Tetludtt tpengtfn. Linn, a Gmelin, p 1O43. 



10. T.fiava. Yellow T. Shield of a blackish-brown 

 colour, with yellow dots and lines radiated on each plate. 



La tortue Jaime, Daud. L p. lt/7. Lacepede, i. art. 

 xiii. 



T. orbi&darii, Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1059. 



TUsssrichx 



* s*w fmm by M. Cwsfey : 

 nllii hi riannssniu slato isxisi. 



I. TV. ilp<iM> u TIMIIJK Apksti. A** * MM, ur. p. II. 



I. TV. Mgffliatnt. L* Tr. d 1 tfjr". p. It- 

 Trwunwvidi UK T 



S. TV. iiiBiHi. Ls T. dW. f 1 



nt in baring the ihidd mort or Uu coruccoui or carU%inoui, hsve been Utely arrangwl un- 

 tkt aBM f Trmyr. to .Ucd from tbeu Winc but three clawt on escb foot. Of tbi> 



The rett are M follow. 



TW TV -" " r 1 *'"-1r- 



4. TV. Jnmitwt. UTr.de J.T*. p. 14. 



^M. it Mm. ii. p. 18. 



-w .-- ^!-i-' .- . ^ 

 >cr.lu/cd io.l. T t. (d ,!,:- 



font (CUfi) in the modern French srrmngement ; nicttj of diitinc- 

 M. Oimt\f) raefcsas tw* specks, md ihinlu there m*y he three. 8e 



