. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 278 BULLETIN : MUSEUJVJ OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY Description. Beak feebly or moderately hooked, tricuspid; edge of jaws not dentate; snpranasals present, sometimes meet- ing mesially; prefrontal entire, divided longitudinally, or broken up; frontal large or broken up; remaining upper head shields small, irregular; forelimb anteriorly covered with a few, contig- uous, extremely' large, imbricate, rounded or pointed scutes forming 3, rarel}' 4, longitudinal and 4-7 transverse series from elbow to outer claw; claws 5, rare
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. 278 BULLETIN : MUSEUJVJ OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY Description. Beak feebly or moderately hooked, tricuspid; edge of jaws not dentate; snpranasals present, sometimes meet- ing mesially; prefrontal entire, divided longitudinally, or broken up; frontal large or broken up; remaining upper head shields small, irregular; forelimb anteriorly covered with a few, contig- uous, extremely' large, imbricate, rounded or pointed scutes forming 3, rarel}' 4, longitudinal and 4-7 transverse series from elbow to outer claw; claws 5, rarely 4 ;^ hinder side of thigli without enlarged tubercles; heel with large, conical, spurlike tubercle; claws 4; tail with or without a terminal clawlike tubercle. Carapace convex, sliglitly depressed in young only, sides de- scending abruptly, deeplj" or broadly notched in nuchal region, anterior and posterior margins not expanded, not, or but slightly, serrated; dorsal shields concentrically striated, not or but slightly swollen; nuchal moderate or large, triangular, rectangular or ex-. Fig. 22. Head sealation in Tcatudo kleinmanni (x 1). A, Saluiu sped men ( 54045); B, Saluni specimen ( 54044); C, Alexandria specimen ( 5081), Cotype. ceptionally elongate;- vertebrals 5, rarely G or 7,^ the first as In-oad as, or much broader than, long, smaller than the second to tlfth whicli are narrower than, as broad as, or broader than, the i-ostals;"' costals 4, rarely 3 or 5,^' not forming an angle with the marginals; marginals 11 or 12, rarely 10;*^ supracaudal usually undivided, less frequently divided, spread out like, but project- ing angularly ])eyond, the marginals. 1 Four in a tortoise bred at Giza Zoo from El Arish parents, both of whom had four claws only on each forefoot (Flower :19oo :747). 2 In a ^ from Kl Arish in which it was 6 mm. x ' broad mm. (Flower :19o?) : 747). 3 Six in a hatchling and also in a 95 mm. ^ from El Arish (Flower :]933 :7
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