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AMPHIBIA. REPTILES. t.Teftudff- 
Mem!ira- 
Cartilagl 
Tiea. 
i lon' 
notched than the female, the fcutels deeper 
the middle of thofe on the back fub-carinSte ; ^ v a# 
a little finuate, brown, in the female yellovv, who 
feet are alfo more variegated with yellow fpots. 
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Feet 3-clawed; dorfal fliell membranaceous, ovatj 
nacea. ttuth grey. ^ 
Inhabits the Guiaha feas ; very fmalf, probably 
of T. cartilaginea. 
j b<’^' 
Triuriguis. Feet 3-ciawcd ; diflc of the back orbicular wriu^^ 
der more depreffed, fmooth ; noftrils in 
cylinder projedling beyond the head. 
Inhabits tlie Nik i a rare fpecies; 
Shell round rhembrariaceotis, ftriafe oh the na 
3-clawed; nofc cylindrical, proje&ing. dhp'fil 
Head depreffed ; lips broad, yellow, the upper turn® 
lower down ; aperture of the eye horizontal ; 
broader than the lower; plate fprinkled with 
edge of the notched part revolute, the anterior p® (jt® 
in the middle, behind flat, depreffed; fcutels on t 
cheft o, which latter is as long as the back Ibelh 
Ferox. Shell cartllaginoiis, oval ; feet 3-clawed ; hoftriis 
p'rortiinehf. jonS* j, 
Inhabits the rivers of South America; 20 inche®_ jied 
broad, about 70 pounds weight ; fleOi very delic®^® ’ 
and defends itfelf by biting. , _ 
Head lubtregonal, narrowed before, dilatated behind ; jiaf'V 
thick ; e^er cont^uous, eyelids broad, lax, V'^^'up 
iris citrOh ; each jaw cohflfts of ond bone ; upp®'" 'V 
than the lower ; nofc like the fnout of a mole, bu^ 
pellucid, cartilaginous; arms thick, flout,- “P. y J, 
hands covered with a lax, folding, dulky-green 
feet with 2 fpurious claws-; hind-feet only epf^iA 
thick, broad, originating an inch beneath the / y 
length to the hinder part of the dorfal plate ? ^ ® ,il> 
black-brown tinged with green, bony in the mid v' 
ginous, flexile on the fides, behind and before 
Imooth oblong tubercles ; beneath whitilhj 
chejl clear whitifli, cartilaginous on the fore-p®^» , 
ing 2 — 3 inches beyond the dorfal, plate, fcehiu 
frmbling a faddle. 
