. Zoology of Egypt. TESTUDO , nat. size. Suburbs of Alexandria. TESTUDO LEITHII. 29 margin of the front border of the pectoral. Head yellowish or dusky, with somedark brown on its upper surface. The shell of the female attains only to 120 millimetres in length. As in T. ibera, Pallas, and T. marginata, Schoepff, the hind lobe of the plastron ismovable in the adult. This species is distinguished from T. marginata, Schoepff, by its much smaller size,shorter and deeper carapace, backwardly projecting supracaudal, extremely largescales on the fore limb, and by its
. Zoology of Egypt. TESTUDO , nat. size. Suburbs of Alexandria. TESTUDO LEITHII. 29 margin of the front border of the pectoral. Head yellowish or dusky, with somedark brown on its upper surface. The shell of the female attains only to 120 millimetres in length. As in T. ibera, Pallas, and T. marginata, Schoepff, the hind lobe of the plastron ismovable in the adult. This species is distinguished from T. marginata, Schoepff, by its much smaller size,shorter and deeper carapace, backwardly projecting supracaudal, extremely largescales on the fore limb, and by its coloration. In T. marginata the adult is nearlyblack, each shield has generally a small greenish-yellow spot, and there is a large blackspot on each shield of the plastron. An example of this species was obtained by Lefebvre in Egypt and is still preservedin the Paris Museum. It was referred by A. Dumeril to T. marginata, is also a specimen in the Berlin Museum from Egypt, identified by Lichtensteiuas
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