. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERTDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 339 axillary iioteh; axillarics 2 or more, variable in size; inguinal moderate to large, sometimes with 1 or 2 supplementary shields, meeting femoral; hind lobe deeply notched posteriorly, Plastral formula: Abd>h>orororp. Pec- toral the shortest scute. Color. Carapace yellow or orange, the light rays on each dorsal shield usually narrower than, though sometimes subequal to or broader than, the 8-14 black rays (8-12 on vertebrals, 12-14 on costals, 3-4 on marginals) so
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERTDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 339 axillary iioteh; axillarics 2 or more, variable in size; inguinal moderate to large, sometimes with 1 or 2 supplementary shields, meeting femoral; hind lobe deeply notched posteriorly, Plastral formula: Abd>h>orororp. Pec- toral the shortest scute. Color. Carapace yellow or orange, the light rays on each dorsal shield usually narrower than, though sometimes subequal to or broader than, the 8-14 black rays (8-12 on vertebrals, 12-14 on costals, 3-4 on marginals) so that black frequently predom-. Fig. 33. Skull of Psammohates t. tentorius ( 3465). Condylobasal length 24 mm. (S. McDowell del.) inates. Plastron yellow, sometimes faintly tinged with orange, visible only on the periphery as the central portion is occupied by a broad brown figure. The tail and adjacent soft skin are red to orange red (^dc Hewitt :1933b). Size. Carapace length of the type of tentorius, 108 mm. Cara- pace length of largest 6 (ex Matjesfontein), 100 mm., breadth 74 mm., height 74 mm. (FitzSimons:1946a). Carapace length of largest 5 (a paratype of t. karuella), 138 mm., breadth 107 mm., height 74 mm. (Hewitt :1933b). Breeding. In September, 2 or 3 eggs are laid. Two oval eggs of '"alhayiica" measured x 27 mm. and x 31 mm. respectively. Two tortoises that hatched out in May measured. 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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