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Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum; Testudinata (Tortoises). 1855 [Suppl., 1870 Appendix, 1872

Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum; Testudinata (Tortoises). 1855 [Suppl., 1870 Appendix, 1872


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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. 1855 Excerpt: ...a cross row of five large, nearly uniform-sized, squarish shields on the hinder part of the wrist: the hind legs covered with small scales; the hind foot broad, the toes short, and coalesced like the front one, but with rather larger shields above the soles, with moderate-sized scales, and with some largo triangular shields at the hinder part of the heel, in two or three series; the chin and throat white, spotless; the head rather flattened; tho eyes lateral; Fig. 10. upper jaw slightly notched in front; the crown of the head (in spirits) pale, with three black-edged white broad streaks concentric one within the other, and diverging parallelly towards the occiput, where they are lost among the black specks; cheek with five or six black horizontal lines, the lower bending up to the tip of the ears; there is an obscure black streak from the nose to the middle of the orbit, and a narrow streak near the upper edge of the upper jaw, and some black oblong spots on the lower side of the ear and temple, which may be more distinct in the living specimen. The upper beak with an acute central notch; the alveolar surface linear, with a submarginal ridge on the upper, and a narrow groove in the lower jaw. iiu u. uuuuw giuuvc 111 LI1U luwui jaw. Geoclemmys callocephalus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1863, 1869, p. 189. Hab. Unknown; perhaps China. This species in several respects agrees in form and appearance with Envjs chinensis, of which, as is shown by the specimen brought by Mr. Swinhoe to this country, the Tortoiso described by me as Ernys Bennett! is only the adult. It is at once known from E. chinensis by the minutely speckled body and the bands on tho head, and by the under surface of the marginal shield being destitute of any rings or spots. The head and neck of E. chinensis ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158498819
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 150
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1158498810
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 281 gr


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