. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British museum (Natural history). Chelonia (Genus); Rhynchocephalia; Crocodiles. 2. HTDEOMEDUSA. 211 Chelodina flavilabris, Dzim. Sf Bibr. ii. p. 446 (1835); Gttich. in Casteln. Voy. Amer. Sud, Bept. p. 8, pi. ii. (1855). Hydroiuedusa maximiliani, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 44 (1844); Gunth. Ann. ^- May. N. H. (5) xiv. p. 422 (1884). subdepressa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 134. flavilabris, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 44, and Sh. Rept. i. p. 59 (1855); Stranch, Chelon. Sttid. p. 1G2 (18G2) ; Gray, Ann. 8f May. N. H. (4) xi. p. 304 (
. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British museum (Natural history). Chelonia (Genus); Rhynchocephalia; Crocodiles. 2. HTDEOMEDUSA. 211 Chelodina flavilabris, Dzim. Sf Bibr. ii. p. 446 (1835); Gttich. in Casteln. Voy. Amer. Sud, Bept. p. 8, pi. ii. (1855). Hydroiuedusa maximiliani, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 44 (1844); Gunth. Ann. ^- May. N. H. (5) xiv. p. 422 (1884). subdepressa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 134. flavilabris, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 44, and Sh. Rept. i. p. 59 (1855); Stranch, Chelon. Sttid. p. 1G2 (18G2) ; Gray, Ann. 8f May. N. H. (4) xi. p. 304 (1873). depressa, Gray, Cat. Sh. Bept. i. p. GO, pi. xxyi., and Snppl. p. 72 (1870), and Ann. §• Mag. N. II. (4) xi. p. 303; Gunth. I. c. p. 423. baukfe, Giebel, Zeitschr. yes. Naturw. xxvii. p. 19, pi. iv. (18G6) ; Gray, Ann. 8,- May. N. H. (4) xi. p. 303. Carapace very mucli depressed, with a single obtuse keel, "which disappears in the adult; dorsal shields concentrically striated in the Fig. Shell of Hydromcdusa tectifera. young, smooth in the adult; nuchal shield very variable in shape and in size, either narrower or broader than the first vertebral, pro- portionally larger in the young, in which it nearly equals in length the latter shield. Plastron large, notched behind, with narrow. 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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