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MUD TORTOISE. 



^ VAR. 



Whether the species described by Cepede, 

 under the title La Ronck, be the same with the 

 above, is perhaps not easily determined. Its man- 

 ners and habitations seem to agree : that figured 

 by Cepede seems to have been young, being re- 

 presented in its natural size, and is, for the satis- 

 faction of the reader, engraved in the present pub- 

 lication* 



MUD tortoise. 



Testudo Lutaria. T.fusca, cauda corpore dimidio breviore, testa 

 planiusaila. 



Brown Tortoise, with flattish shell, and tail half the length of 

 the body. 



Testudo lutaria. T. pedibus subpalmatis, cauda corpore dimidio 

 breviore, testa planiuscula, postice tribus scutellis carinata f Lin, 

 Si/st, Nat. p. 352. 



La Bourbeuse. Cepede ovip. 1. jp. 218. pL 4. 



This, which is supposed by the Count de Ce- 

 pede to be the Testudo lutaria of Linnaeus, is said 

 to be extremely common in many parts of Europe, 

 as well as Asia, being found in India, Japan, 

 &c. It is, says Cepede, in general, not more 

 than seven or eight inches long from the tip of 

 the nose to that of the tail, and about three or four 

 inches in breadth : the disk consists of thirteen 

 pieces, which are striated and slightly punctated 



