THE 



SPECKLED TORTOISE. 



Generic Character, 



Body four-footed, tailed, covered with a fhell. 

 Mouth con lifting of naked toothlefs mandibles. 



Specific Character, &c. 



TORTOISE with fubpalmated ? feet, and ovate 

 fmooth fhell fpeckled with innumerable yel- 

 low dots. 



LA JAUNE. 



Cepede Hjjl. Nat. des quadr. ovip. i. 

 p. 135. t. 6. 



So great is the fimilarity between feveral of the tor- 

 toife tribe, that it is by no means eafy to diitinguifh 

 with accuracy the particular fpecies. Some however 

 are fo ftrongly characterized as to be at all times readily 

 afcertained. Thus the Teftudo geometrica or ftriped 

 Tortoife is fo ftrikingly diitinguifhed by the beautiful 

 and regular difpofition of the yellow marks on its fhield, 

 as to be inftantly recognifed by any one in the lead con- 

 verfant with this genus. The fpecies here reprefented 

 is alfo, in general, fo remarkable in its appearance as 



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