kast african tortoises. • 931 



Testudinid^e. 

 Two genera. 



iS^7iopsis of the Genera. 



Posterior portion oFcnrnpnce hinged, movable in adult Cini.ri/s. 



Posterior portion of ciirftpacii immovublo V.' Tesludo. 



CiNIXYS. 



Bell, Tr. Linn. Soc. xv. p. 398 (1827); Blgr. Cat. Cliel. p. 140 

 (1889). 



One species. 



1. CiNiXYS BELLiANA Gray. Bell's Hinged Tortoise. 

 Blgr. t. c. p. 143. 

 Tanganyika Territory, Kenya Colony, Uganda. 



Testudo; 



Testudo, part., Linn. S.N. i. p. 350 (1766); Blgr. Cat. Cliel. 

 p. 149 (1889). 

 Four species. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



1. Shell deep, box-like .".- pardalis. 



II. Shell depressed, yields to slight pressure. 



A. Vertebral shields keeled .• proctoriB 



B. Vertebral shields not keeled. 



1. Narrower. Breadth of plastron three-quarters the length in 



the type iornieri. 



2. Broader. Breadth of plastron greater than length in young 



to 13/16ths in adult loveridgii. 



1. Testudo pardallis Bell. Leopard Tortoise. 

 ' Blgr. t. c. p. 160. 



Tanganyika Territory, Kenya Colony, Uganda. 



2. Testudo PROCTERiE Loveridge. Keeled Soft-shelled Tortois e. 

 Love., present paper. 



Tanganyika Territory. 



3. Testudo tornieri Siebenrock. Tornier's Tortoise. 

 Sieb. S.B. Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol. cxii. p. 443, 1903. 

 Tanganyika Territory, Kenya Colony. 



4. Testudo loveridgii Boulenger. Soft-shelled Land Tortoise. 

 Blgr. Comptes llend. Acad. Sci. t. 170, p. 264, 1920. 

 Tanganyika Territory. 



'PELOMEDUSIDyE. 



Two genera. 



