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PiEla. 
Sulcata. 
AMPHIBIA. REPTILES. 
Inhabits America : about 5 — 6 inches long. vell‘’"''^s 
Shell deep chefiiut, covered with innumerable .’ilje of * ”, 
white Ipecks, Imooth, except that down the . . lo'*’', 
3 central fcutels runs an obicure keel, margin fmootn^),**, 
iurface pale yellow with a few irregular 
head and eyes large ; ciazus ftrong ; ^ail longiihj ' 
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Pujtlla. Feet fubdioitate ; Ihell hemifphaeric with convex 
form fcutels, the edge llriate, the difk dotted- ^ cjf' 
Inhabits the Cape ; when tamed eats any thing ^ 
cept milk or animal food, but abftains from fot)d jcfi 
winter, and does not go into the watpr ; is very 
tion unlefs driven by heat 
Upper Jhell moderately convex, hardly the [jjfidi 
hand, furrounded within the margin by a whit;"' v’ 
ornamented with 22 dulky 3-lided patches ; 7^*^ ucafi 
WILII uuixy y-nucu paLeiK.^ , j ucaU” |.e 
dilk in the middle with elevated dots, the 2 ht'' ' 
the reft not ; low'er Jhell reddifti, the fore-patt s ^ 
hind notched ; arms and thighs without Icaft® ’ 
undivided, 5-clawed, hind-feet indiftinftly digit®^^’ 
ed ; tail Ihort, 
bef 
Indka. Shell turned back above the neck j 3 firft fcutels 
Inhabits India. cro'V”' 
fazus ferrate, with a double row of teeth ; ^,1,. 
the 3 firft pieces with a round, urtfven, elevated k" 
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Shell flat, each fide with a double blackifk'^ ^ 
fcutels furrounded with a yellow edge ; D® 
ludinally ftreaked with yellow and black. 
Claws fhort, acute ; tail ftiort ; ckejl yellow with 3 
in the middle. 
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Tailed; feet digitate; fliell gibbous; fcutels 
rounded by a f^urrow. 
Inhabits iflands in the South American feas. 
Flanaria. Feet digitate ; fhell oval, convex, fmooth, 
Inhabits Surinam, 
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Head oval, the fore-part acute, above broad ; 9'" 
contiguous ; tip of the beak obtufe, prominent ; J ^ 
out teeth, the lower hooked at the point ; jg; ! 
1 1 » /» ^ 1 -a. ♦Vlft 
fcutels elevated, broad ; cheji narrowed at the 
thick, fhort, each with 5 acute, curved claws 
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