. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 288 BULLETIN : MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY beak and scaling on the forelimb. Procter (1922 :pl. i) has a colored plate of topotypieal loveridgii, which should be con- trasted with that of procterae as shown by Loveridge (1923g: pi. i). Siebenrock (1904a :fig. -) pictures the skeletal carapace from below; x-rays of $ and $ , besides numerous develop- mental figures, will be found in Procter (1922b), Loveridge (1923g:pl. ii), and Zangerl (1939 :pl. ii). Types. The Berlin type, collected by Stuhlmann, was at first refe
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 288 BULLETIN : MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY beak and scaling on the forelimb. Procter (1922 :pl. i) has a colored plate of topotypieal loveridgii, which should be con- trasted with that of procterae as shown by Loveridge (1923g: pi. i). Siebenrock (1904a :fig. -) pictures the skeletal carapace from below; x-rays of $ and $ , besides numerous develop- mental figures, will be found in Procter (1922b), Loveridge (1923g:pl. ii), and Zangerl (1939 :pl. ii). Types. The Berlin type, collected by Stuhlmann, was at first referred to Kinixys by Tornier under the impression that the paperlike consistency of its carapace was abnormal, perhaps a case of arrested development. Later Siebenrock (1903a), discov-. Fig. 27. Skull of Malacochersus tornieri ( 45081). Condylo- basal length 30 mm. The lateral exposure of the prearticular is not constant. (S. McDowell del.) ering this Berlin specimen was not a Kinixys but an undescribed species of Testudo, named it tornieri, though still attributing its peculiar softness and flatness to pathological defects which had retarded the development of the bony carapace and plastron; alternatively he postulated faulty preservation. The receipt of a second specimen from Lindi, enabled him (1904a :29) to am- plify his original description and give a detailed account of the fenestration of the shell. When five specimens collected by one of us () and labeled "Testudo tornieri" in the field, were submitted to Boulenger, he. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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