Vol. II, No. 3.]  Testudo baluchiorum, a new species. 75 
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12. im baluchiorum, a new species.—By N. Annanpate, D.Sc., 
MZ.S., Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Museum 
Dracyosis or Testudo baluchiorum, sp. nov. 
Shell arched transversely and siyceoniersigt 4 slightly more 
d sli 
than half as deep as long; anterior margins slightly Sogtiela 
serrated ; costals almost vertical. ead s amr broad, co ed 
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with irregular scales above ; interorbital region of the skull Ria 
flat, but sloping a little towards the nasal opening; upper jaw 
tricuspid, feebly serrated ; occipital process short, bart extending 
d the condyles. Four claws on each foot; the fore-foot 
with about six rows of large imbricating scales on the anterior 
surface; the hind foot with three spur-like tubercles on the heel ; 
two large subtriedral tubercles, surrounded by smaller ones, on 
the back of the thigh. Tail sho rt, with a small apical tubercle. 
Shields of carapace concentrally striated, with a flat sculptured 
central area; supracandal single, almost vertical. Plastron 
truncated in front, sehea bly notched deeply behind, bsp lour of 
_ shell pale brown, irregularly marbled with darker brow 
Locality.—Baluchistan (A. W. Murray). As tuffed. specimen 
in the ations Museum, identified by Anderson as 7. horsfieldii, 
marks.—This species may be distinguished from the Afghan 
Tortoise o(T. horsfieldit ), the only other species of its genus with four 
claws on all the feet, by its deeper carapace, which is not flattened 
on the dorsal surface, and by the characters of its skull. In 7 
The 
characters, notably in its almost vertical costals The description 
of the latter Tortoise, described from Eastern Persia and possibly 
sania in Baluchistan, is given below 
As it seems probable that the type of 1, baluchéorum is abnor- 
mal in certain respects, I have given a very brief and guarded 
diagnosis of the species it represents. The anals are almost 
entirely absent, being represented by several small, irregularly 
shaped tubercles, which separate t “ femorals from one another 
at their ec silage ate nee is no evidence that this is 
due to injury, as the place wher ie missing iene should be is 
covered with ne and ae healthy skin 
Dimensions of the Type of T. baluchiorum. 
cnn of shell ae we @Ak th 
Depth ,, ,, os ones & . ae 
Breadth ,, ae ROU, 
Length of skul ee hs 
Maximum ie of skal 7 80 |, 
For tae Sr the diagnosis of Testudo arid ys Nikolski is 
appended. It is quoted from Nikolski’s paper in the Ann atre 
du Musée Zoologique de UV’ Académie, St. Pétérsburg, 1897. I am 
