. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British museum (Natural history). Chelonia (Genus); Rhynchocephalia; Crocodiles. 16. GEOEMTDA. 137 1. Geoemyda spinosa. Emys spinosa, Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 20 (1831), and III. Ind. Zool. i. pi. Ixxvii. figs. 1, 2 (1832); Bell, Man. Test. p. —, pis. xxvi. & xxvii. (1834); Bum. ^- Bihr. ii. p. 327 (1834). Geoemyda spiuosa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 100, and III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. Ivii. fig. 2*(1834), and Cat. Tort. p. 14(1844), and Sh. Rept. i. p. IG (18-55); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 18 (1804); Theob. Cat. Rept.
. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British museum (Natural history). Chelonia (Genus); Rhynchocephalia; Crocodiles. 16. GEOEMTDA. 137 1. Geoemyda spinosa. Emys spinosa, Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 20 (1831), and III. Ind. Zool. i. pi. Ixxvii. figs. 1, 2 (1832); Bell, Man. Test. p. —, pis. xxvi. & xxvii. (1834); Bum. ^- Bihr. ii. p. 327 (1834). Geoemyda spiuosa, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 100, and III. Ind. Zool. ii. pi. Ivii. fig. 2*(1834), and Cat. Tort. p. 14(1844), and Sh. Rept. i. p. IG (18-55); Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 18 (1804); Theob. Cat. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 5 (1876). Clemmvs spinosa, Straucli, Chelon. Stud. p. 32 (1862), a7id Verth. Schildkr. p. 63 (1865). Carapace of adult m'lch depressed, with broad flat vertebral Fiff. Shell of Geoemyda grandis. region and an uninterrupted obtuse keel; anterior and posterior margin serrated; of young more regularly arched, 'with a short keel or spinoso tubercle on each costal shield, and the border strongly serrated all round, each marginal being produced in a spine, with or without smaller denticulation on each side ; the vertebral keel stronger than in the adult. Vertebral shields (2-4). 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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