Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum Volume 1; With Figures of the Skulls of 36 Genera. Testudinata (Tortoises)
Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum Volume 1; With Figures of the Skulls of 36 Genera. Testudinata (Tortoises)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...on each side of it; lower with a strong tooth in front. Claws 5. 4. The skull solid, with the alveolar process very wide; the upper jaw with a slightly elevated, narrow, dentated ridge, separated in front by a large deep pit, which has a sharpedged longitudinal keel behind it. The lower jaw very strongly dentated on ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ...on each side of it; lower with a strong tooth in front. Claws 5. 4. The skull solid, with the alveolar process very wide; the upper jaw with a slightly elevated, narrow, dentated ridge, separated in front by a large deep pit, which has a sharpedged longitudinal keel behind it. The lower jaw very strongly dentated on the edge. The internal ridge on each side short, narrow, the two separated by a central longitudinal groove. Figured as Kachuga Oldhami, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 200. Emvs, sp., Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. 21. Kachuga, sp., Gray, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 200. 1. Hardella Thurgi. (Fig. 21.) B.M. Thorax black above and below. The back of the young olive-black, with three darker streaks on the back. Emys Thurgi, Gray, Cat. Sh. Rept. 21. Giinther, Rept. B. Ind. 24. Kachuga Oldhami, Gray, P. Z. S. 1869, p. 200, fig. 14. Ilab. India. By examining the head of the adult specimen in the British Museum I have been enabled to prove what I have long suspected, that Thurgi is a Bataguroid, and also to identify the skull which I figured as Kachuga Oldhami as the skull of this species. Dr. Giinther retains this species in the genus Emys, observing, "The structure of its jaws shows that it is a thoroughly carnivorous and probably a ferocious species;" but I believe that this is a mistake. The Tortoises and Turtles which have the broadest and most complicated chewing-surfaces of the jaw are herbivorous or algivorous. "Pupil very small, circular, without any lateral spot."--Hardwicke. 2. Hardella Indl B.M. Thorax less obscurely three-keeled; dorsal shields thin, black; underside of the marginal shields and sternum yellow, with blackish blotches on the hinder part of each shield. Ilab. Indus Biver (Dr. Leith). 6. CANT0RELLA. Head short. Nose slightly produced, cove...
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