SYNOPSIS 



OF 



THE FAMILIES, GENERA, AND SPECIES 



OF 



INDIAN OHELONIA, SAURIA, AND OPHIDIA. 



Order CHELONIA. 

 Family TESTUDINID^E. 



Toes clubbed for walking on land ; in some species only, partly 

 webbed. Sternum and thorax united into a bony case. Caudal 

 plate usually single. 



Testudo. 

 Caudal plate single. Claws 5'4. 

 No nuchal plate. Shell rounded . . . T. elegant. 



No nuchal plate. Shell in adults flat . . . T. platynotus. 

 A long nuchal plate ... T. elongata. 



Nuchal plate triangular . . . T. Leithii. 



HOMOPUS. 

 Caudal plate single. Claws 44. 

 Nuchal plate narrow ... H. Horsfieldii. 



Manouria. 

 Caudal plates double. Pectoral plates separated in males. 

 Zygomatic arch strong. 

 Colour wholly bkck . . . M. emys. 



Geomyda. 

 Caudal plates double. No zygomatic arch. 

 Plates handsomely black and yellow rayed.. G. grandia. 

 Each costal armed with a small spine . . . G. spinosa. 

 Back flal Black and yellow mottled ... G, Arakana. 



