. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 506 ZOOLOGY. nine in nnmljer. Tlio jaws are toothless, being, as in birds, encased in horny beaks ; there are rarely fleshy lips; the tongue is spoon-shajjed and immovable. The heart eousists of two auricles and a ventricle. The brain has larger cere- bral lobes than in the lizards. The eyes have a third lid, or nictitating membrane. The student can best obtain an idea of the organization of the turtles by studying the skel- eton and dissecting a turtle with the aid of the accompany- ing description and figure of the common turtle.* The c
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 506 ZOOLOGY. nine in nnmljer. Tlio jaws are toothless, being, as in birds, encased in horny beaks ; there are rarely fleshy lips; the tongue is spoon-shajjed and immovable. The heart eousists of two auricles and a ventricle. The brain has larger cere- bral lobes than in the lizards. The eyes have a third lid, or nictitating membrane. The student can best obtain an idea of the organization of the turtles by studying the skel- eton and dissecting a turtle with the aid of the accompany- ing description and figure of the common turtle.* The common swamp-turtle (Clirymnys inctci) is a good type of the Glielonia. The animal is enclosed in a hard shell, made up of an arched dorsal jDortion, and a flat ventral por-. Fig. 446.—Shell of Chrysemys picta.—' by C. S. Minot. tion, the two connected laterally, but widely separated an- teriorly to give exit to the head and fore limbs, and pos- teriorly for the tail and hind limbs. These parts can all be withdrawn within the protecting shell, by being doubled or folded back upon themselves. The soft parts of the skin are covered with scales, formed by overlapping folds. The limbs are stout; upon the anterior feet there are five, upon the posterior four claws. On the under surface of the short tapering tail near its base is the wide opening of the cloaca. The ventral plastron consists of twelve symmetrical pieces, six on each side. Fig. 445. The first and last pair are tri- angular, the others are four-sided ; the fourth pair is the *This rlescription has been prepared and the illustrations drawn by Dr. C. S. 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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