464 Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the Peninsula of India. [No. 5. 



Gray, which attains to a much larger size than the others, though 

 adults are not often obtained. Carapax of adult from 20 to 22 

 in., in a straight line. Cur. As. Soc.'] 



Earn. POTAMLDJE— or Biver Tortoises. 

 Gen. CBYPTOPUS— Dum. and Bibr. 

 Carapax with a narrow cartilaginous border — sternum wide, flexible 

 in front and behind, and able completely to conceal the extremities. 

 Cryptopus granosus — Dum. and Bibr. 



Syn. T. granosa Shoepf. — T. granulata, Daud. and Sh. — Trionyx 

 coromandelicus, Mesc, Geoff., Less. — JEmy da punctata, Bell and Gray. 

 — Tamhel and Goorada gadoo, Tel. Shagreen fresh- water Tortoise. 

 This is an extremely common species in the south of India, and 

 is found in tanks, rivers, wells, and pools of water, burying itself in 

 the mud with great celerity. It is frequently brought to the Madras 

 market and is eaten by many of the people there. 



Length of shell of one, 8^ inches — but it becomes much larger.* 



Gen. GYMNOPUS— Yide Cantor, 1. c. p. 614. 



Gymnopus cartilagiketjs — Yide Cantor, 1. c. p. 615. 

 I have observed this species in the Godavery, the Beena and other 

 rivers of the north west of the peninsula, but have no specimen at 

 present. 



Gymnopus ifdictjs, (Gray), Yide Cant. 1. c. p. 616. 

 I have very lately procured a specimen of this large river Tortoise 

 taken in a net at Mahe on the Malabar Coast, where, however, it is 

 considered rare. 



Length of carapax 30 inches.f 



Earn. THALASSIDJE— or Sea Turtles. 



Gen. CHELONIA— Yide Cantor, 1. c. p. 617. 



Chelonia virgata — Y. Cant. 1. c. 

 I have procured this Turtle on the East Coast of India.J 

 Chelonia maculosa — Cuvier. 



* Extremely common in Lower Bengal, and here also much eaten by certain classes, 

 as indeed are all other Testudinata. It likewise inhabits Ceylon. — Cur. As. Soc. 



f We have succeeded in obtaining only one small specimen of this in the vicinity 

 of Calcutta. — Cur. As. Soc. 



% Very numerous on parts of the E. coast of the Bay of Bengal. — Cur. As. Soc. 



