. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. CHELONIAN KEPTILES. 399 ,'' Large, truncate at tlie end and formed" I for walking only, and having the I I toes united into a common mass as I far as the nails .... lAND-TORTOISES. Flattened and pro- vided with distinct toes, simply united <| ^ by a palmate mem- Complete, cara-] brane, which is , I Flattened, in the foi-m of lar^e swim ming paddles, and not having; the toes externally distinct . r Incomplete, ca-l rapax furnish-J POND-TORTOISES. ed with scales pax covered ( with a soft j skin . .! RIVER TORTOISES. SEA-T
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. CHELONIAN KEPTILES. 399 ,'' Large, truncate at tlie end and formed" I for walking only, and having the I I toes united into a common mass as I far as the nails .... lAND-TORTOISES. Flattened and pro- vided with distinct toes, simply united <| ^ by a palmate mem- Complete, cara-] brane, which is , I Flattened, in the foi-m of lar^e swim ming paddles, and not having; the toes externally distinct . r Incomplete, ca-l rapax furnish-J POND-TORTOISES. ed with scales pax covered ( with a soft j skin . .! RIVER TORTOISES. SEA-TORTOISES, OR TURTLES. The Turtles (Chelmidx , are very remarkable on account of the structm-e of their limbs. The feet, thou-h the toes are composed of distmct pieces, and armed with sharp claws, are changed into flat depressed fins, only fitted for swimmin- an act which they per-. ¥iO. — TVlilLE. form Avith gi-eat vigour and celerity. The fore legs are much lono-er and larger than the hinder ones, and are not retractile witliin thi shell- their carapax is generally heart-shaped and exceedingly flat- water'"" ^^ ^^ ^'^ ^'^''''* ""^ '^^''"^ movement through the ^po^r^'.f^^'^ principally upon marine plants, and only leave the sea to lay their eggs. They swim with great facility, and are some! times met with several hundred miles from land, floating on the. 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 Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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