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KELLY DE ROOY. REPTILES. 



has on its margin two or three obtuse points, rests of the juvénile serration. A still smaller 

 one of 94 mm. (fig. gb) is very distinctly serrated, the oval neural plates are clearly visible ; 

 both characteristics are more strongly marked in the youngest spécimen of 55 mm. length (fig. ga). 

 The head is large and broad, the snout ends in a fieshy thick proboscis, which is 

 bent downwards, the nostrils are situated superiorly. The eyes are large and latéral; neck 



Fig. 9. a. Kew-boin spécimen of 55 mm.: b. spécimen of 94 mm. 



short. Fore and hind limbs flat, webbed to the tips of the digits, two claws; fore limb longer 

 than hind limb, with 7 — 9 broad, transverse scales anteriorly and 3 or 4 enlarged scales at 

 the posterior margin. In the new-born spécimens the digits are distinctly visible. Tail short, 

 with 14 — 16 curved shields above. 



The New Guinea turtle is found in the rivers of the so'uth coast only, the fragment of 

 a costal plate, brought home from Lake Jamur.by the Dutch Expédition in 1903 to the north 

 coast was probably taken to that place by natives from the southern part. 



