. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New ed. By George Albert Boulenger. Chelonia (Genus); Crocodiles; Rhynchocephalia. 4. HARDELLA. 05 Carapace moderately depressed, with an interrupted tubercular keel; mar2:in not serrated; nuchal narrow, broadest posteriorly; first vertebral usually narrower anteriorly than posteriorly, lateral borders usually slifj;htly sinuous ; second, third, and fourth vertebrals considerably broader than long in the youngs, nearly as long as broad in the adult. Plastron large, angulatcd laterally, tru
. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New ed. By George Albert Boulenger. Chelonia (Genus); Crocodiles; Rhynchocephalia. 4. HARDELLA. 05 Carapace moderately depressed, with an interrupted tubercular keel; mar2:in not serrated; nuchal narrow, broadest posteriorly; first vertebral usually narrower anteriorly than posteriorly, lateral borders usually slifj;htly sinuous ; second, third, and fourth vertebrals considerably broader than long in the youngs, nearly as long as broad in the adult. Plastron large, angulatcd laterally, truncate anteriorly, angularly notched posteriorly; the width of the bridge Pig. Shell of Harddla thurgi. exceeds the length of the posterior lobe; the longest median suture is that between the abdominals ; suture between the gulars as long as or a little shorter (at least three fourths) than that between the humerals ; inguinal large, axillary smaller. Head moderate ; snout short, obtuse; upper jaw notched mesially, serrated; lower jaw very strongly dentated, flat interiorly, its width at the symphysis a little less than the diameter of the orbit. Limbs with transversely. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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