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PLATE 23. 



Testudo nigra Quoy et Gaimard, 1824. Page 286 



1 lateral, 2 ventral, .3 lateral. 



1 from Wiegmann, 1835, Nov. Acta Acad. Leop. -Carol., 17, Plate 13. Weight 125 pounds. 



2, 3 from Quoy et Gaimard, 1824, Voyage Uranie et Physicienne. Zool., Plate 40. Length 12 inches. 



