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SSSSH T. a baitf, Daud. i. 



t'lote tort p. 36. pi. vii. 



'.rolmrana. Carolina T. Shell brown bay, 

 marked above with rellow line* and spots ; dorsal plates 

 striated ; vertebral plates longitudinally carinated, la- 

 teral sabgibbous. 



<j*r1e-<fnt*e, Dand. i. 207. Lacep. i. art xxr. 

 T. tarolina, Linn, a GmeL 1' 



T. tlaiua, Schoepff, p. 32. pi 



36. T.tquamata. Scary T. Shell ovate; body, neck, 

 tail and feet scaly above, smooth and soft below. 

 T. ecaillr*M de Bor.tim. Hr . 

 T. *i-mata, Linn, a Gmel. IC10. No. 2. 



SECT. II. Land Tortoises. 



In the species that belong to this section, the toes are 

 not dutinet from each other, but are united below the 

 akin into one broad expansion, from the margin of 

 which appear the claws. They however walk, though 

 with a very slow pace, on the ground ; and live chiefly 

 on worms and insect*. There are 16 species, viz. 

 KB, Specte* 37. T. groat. Common land T. Shield he- 



mispherical ; plates of the disc subconvex, vertebral 

 plates subgibbout; marginal '.'5, obtuse at the sides; 

 the whole shield black and yellow. See Plate CC 

 Fig. 2. 



lj> T. grtfjne, Dand. L 218. Lacepede, r. L p. 1. 

 art. xvi. pi. 8. 



Tetrmdo grteco, Linn, a Gmelin, p. IO43. Schoepff, 



Common tortoue, Shaw, iii. p. 9. 



38. r. mmrgmala. Bordered T. Shield oblong, 

 convex, gibbons ; dorsal plate* blackish-brown, with a 

 shade of yellow in the middle; marginal 23 or 24, 

 bBmsatjr marked with black and yellow. 



T. AorsVr, Dand. i. 233. 



"Orfnota, ocnoeptf, p. 32 pi. n. 



Mareinaifti larlottf Shaw, in. p. 17. 



99. T.lalmtata. Inlaid T. Shield eblong, gibbous ; 

 plate* of the disc rectangular, aubgibbons, furrowed, 

 black, with y.llow lines ; marginal plates 23, black 

 with yellow below. 



T. a matqvrlrrir, Dand. i. 242. 



T. taMata, I Jam. a Gmel. 1O45. 



Tahtlar tortoxr, Shaw, iii. p. 41. pi vfii. 

 --' 40. T. fumermhria. Spotted T. Shell a little flat. 

 L tened, broad, uhcarinated ; braastphts nearly of the 



same length with the shield ; head black above, spotted 

 with yellow, entirely yellow below. Daud. i. 249. 

 ; 41. 7. fnlypkrma. Gopher T. Snout slender and 



sharp ; platet thin, of a greyish ash colour; claws flat 

 and roundish. Dand. L 236. 



T. gopher, rUrtranT* Trorrlt. 



42 T. gftmttriem. Geometrical T. Shell ovate; all 

 the plates ttsrastd. bat flat on the top, marked with 

 yellow streaks radiating from a centve in each plate. 



T. geomttii^m, Dand. L 960. Lacepede, i. art xvii. 

 T. grometrica, Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1044. Schoepff, 

 I- ','. |.l. v 



Geometrical torloite. Shaw, iiL p. 2O. 



43. T. tltgatu. Elegant T. Shell hemispherical ; 

 plates furrowed, convex, four-striped, with flat areolsr 

 broader than long. 



T. elegante, Dand. i. 266. 



T. eifgant, Scboepff, p. 111. pL xxv. 



44. T. com. Shield round, highly convex ; plates 



iamnul, with proauiueut red arcoltc ; three 

 S 



Chelonia* 



RfptiUs. 



-, . sis* 



s ,.-, 



t :. 



Cain. 



Jurencola. 



Putill*. 



middle vertebral plates radiated of a deep yellow late- 

 rally ; lateral plates radiated below. 



La TorlHe coui, Daiul. i. '_'7l. pi. xxvi. 



43. T. lutcola. Yellowish T. Shield rounded, gib- 

 bous, yellow, with sub-gibbous plates. 



T. lutfolf, Daud. i. 



46. T. indica. Indian T. Shield convex; anterior 

 marginal plates reflected upwards. 



La tortue inditnne, Daud i. l _'M). 



T. ntdica, Linn, a Gmelin. Schoepff', p. 101 . pi. xxii. 



Indian tortoise, Shaw, iii. p. 25. 



47. T. arrotata. Areolated T. Shield ovato-ob- 

 long, moderately convex ; plates nearly square, elera- 

 tel, deeply furrowed, with rough depressed areola-. 



La T. aieolct, Daud. L 287- 



T. areolata, Schoepff, p. 104. pi. xxiii. 



48. T. eafra. Cafre T. Shield flatti.sh, broad ; plates 

 flat, except the lart vertebral, which is gibbous : \ 1 1- 

 low, elegantly sprinkled with black dots ; marginal 

 (>'... v i.f tiif-'iiirM -7. 



T. cafrr, Daud. i. 291. 



49. T. jttwTtcvla. Juvencula T. Shield square ob- 

 long, little gibbous, with concave grained areola*; 

 plates of the disc 13, yellow, with black radiated points ; 

 marginal plates 26. 



Lm T j-ueHCulr, Daud. viii. p. 348. 



50. T.fuciata. Banded T. Shield brown-bay, with 

 a white transverse band in the plates of the disc ; first 



bral plate carinated ; marginal plates 27. 

 La T. a f<aci<i blanchct a Cello*, Daud. i. p. 2J4. 



51. T. puitlla. Dwarf T. Plates of the shield va- 

 riegated witli black, white, purple, green, and yellow ; 

 breutplate white ; a red tubercle on the neck. 



La T. vermi/loM, Daud. L 299. Lacepede i. art 

 xxii. 



/' ..i./,'a. I. inn. a Gmclm, p. JOH. 

 African land lorloue, Edwards' Clean: 

 52 T. dctticulata. Denticulated T. Shield orl>icu- 

 late cordate, denticulated at the margin ; plates hexa- 

 gonal ; feet four-clawed. 



La T. dentiUt, Daud. L p. 303. Lacepede, L art 

 xix. 



T. dentifilata. Linn, a Gmelin, p. 1043. 

 Denticulated T. Shaw, p. 59- pi. xiii. 



us I. TtMtudofrrot. Fierce tortoise. Fierce tor- 



There are several species of the Chelonian order toue. 

 which have the shield softer than the ordinary shell of 

 most species. This is the case with the 6th species of 

 the former tribe, and with at least four of the present 

 oriaceous turtle, or Lth of the French writers, 

 and the soft-shelled tortoiie of Pennant, though agree* 

 ing in the comparative softness of tlicir external cover- 

 ing, differ very materially in general form, habitation, 

 and manners. The coriaceous turtle has an oblong bo- 

 dy, covered immediately with a bony shell ; but that 

 shell is invested with a tough membranous coat resem- 

 bling leather, plaited lon^itmlin.illy, and the shield 

 terminates behind in an acute point, overhanging the 

 tail. The body of the fierce tortoise is rounder and 

 more convex, and the middle part of the shield is hard ; 

 but iti margin, especially towards the tail, is soft and 

 pliable, resembling thin sole-leather, and the hind part 

 is rounded. The tail of the first species is long, and 

 very thick at the root ; that of the second very short 

 and small. The head of the former is small, round, 

 and terminates in a beak, resembling the bill of a bird ; 

 that of the Utter is proportionally larger and longer, 

 with a long tapering cylindrical snout, having son* 



Dcnticul*. 

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