. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERIDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 281 Weight. Adults average 7 to 9 oz. (.198 to .255 kgm.), the largest attaining 13 or 14 oz. (.35 to .4 kgm.), fide Flower (1933:746). Sexual dimorphism. Tail of $ short and pointed, that of the S very long, yet exceeded by the fully extended penis which, though normally pink, then turns to a rich purple (Flower: 1933:746).. Fig, 25. Testudo hermanni 3 (). Internal view of plastron to show absence of hinging. (P. Washer del.) Breeding. Mating at the Giza Zoological Ga
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERIDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 281 Weight. Adults average 7 to 9 oz. (.198 to .255 kgm.), the largest attaining 13 or 14 oz. (.35 to .4 kgm.), fide Flower (1933:746). Sexual dimorphism. Tail of $ short and pointed, that of the S very long, yet exceeded by the fully extended penis which, though normally pink, then turns to a rich purple (Flower: 1933:746).. Fig, 25. Testudo hermanni 3 (). Internal view of plastron to show absence of hinging. (P. Washer del.) Breeding. Mating at the Giza Zoological Gardens, Cairo, took place in September and October (Flower). March and April among captive tortoises (Lortet:1883), while a $ that Kam- merer (1908c) kept for five years, repeatedlj^ copulated with captive hermanni (miscalled graeca) but, possibly because thb 2 $ were subadult, they remained infertile. Flower describes* the voice of the mating $ as sounding like the intermittent winding-up of a metal 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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