. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. ': AM) WILLIAMS: AIKIC' fRVrTOniRA 279 Front lobe of plastron anteriorly truiieate, not or bnt slif,'htly produced, s(mi('\vliat notelied and eaeli lateral point itself very slightly toothed; <iulars paired, rarely absent;^ IJeetorals moder- ate, their anterior border usually widening towards the axillary notch; axillary 1, moderate; inguinals 1 or 2, small oi- moderate, in contaet with, or separated from, the femoral; hind lobe very broadly notched posteriorly, sliglitly movable in adults of both sexe
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. ': AM) WILLIAMS: AIKIC' fRVrTOniRA 279 Front lobe of plastron anteriorly truiieate, not or bnt slif,'htly produced, s(mi('\vliat notelied and eaeli lateral point itself very slightly toothed; <iulars paired, rarely absent;^ IJeetorals moder- ate, their anterior border usually widening towards the axillary notch; axillary 1, moderate; inguinals 1 or 2, small oi- moderate, in contaet with, or separated from, the femoral; hind lobe very broadly notched posteriorly, sliglitly movable in adults of both sexes but especially in the $ .. Fig. 23. Skull of Testudo Jdeinmanni (Yale Mus. 667). Coudylobasal length 21 mm. The entrance of the parietal into the orbit is an individual peculiarity. (S. McDowell del.) Flastral formula : Abd> (g, h, p, an, subequal) >f. Color. Carapace greenish yellow to pale yellow, uniform, or each shield more or less edged with black or brown. Plastron greenish to j'ellow, each abdominal shield with a dark brown to black, triangular or cuneiform patch, w^hieh is usually con- spicuous and never entirely absent; pectorals occasionally mar- gined anteriorly with dark brown; remaining plastral shields uniform. Hatchlings are completely yellow, according to Lortet (1887). 1 Absent in a Giza tortoise ( ) in which the anterior lobe is ab- normally sbortonpd thoiieh apparently not the result of an 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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