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<&mv* orbicularis (Linn. 2 ). 



Syn. Testudo orbicularis, Linn. 2 . 

 Emys tut aria, Schneider 3 . 

 Emys europcea, Schneider 4 . 

 Cistudo europcea, Gray 5 . 

 Emys tiirfa, Meyer 6 . 

 Lidremys europcea, Gray 7 . 



The type species. Carapace (fig. 22) short and ovoid, broadest 

 posteriorly. Nuchal shield small and narrow ; 1st vertebral shield 



Fii 



Carapace and plastron of Emys orbicularis. Reduced. (From 

 Boulenger's ' Catalogue of Chelonians.') 



1 Syst, Nat. ed. 12, vol. i. p. 351 (1766). Testudo. 2 LocJ cit. 



3 Schildkroten, p. 323 (1783). 4 Ibid. p. 338. 



5 Synopsis Reptiliuru, p. 19 (1831). 



6 Neues Jahrb. 1835, p. 67. 



7 Catalogue of Shield Reptiles, pt. i. p. 40 (1855). 



