. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New ed. By George Albert Boulenger. Chelonia (Genus); Crocodiles; Rhynchocephalia. 13. CISTUDO. 115 Neural plates mostly hexagonal, short-sided in front, the oij:i;litli absent, the corresponding costals meeting on tho median line. Plastron divided into two movable lobes separated from each other and from the carapace by ligament; entoplastron intersected by the humero-pectoral suture. No bony temporal arch ; alveolar surface without median ridge ; choana) between the eyes. Upper surface o
. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New ed. By George Albert Boulenger. Chelonia (Genus); Crocodiles; Rhynchocephalia. 13. CISTUDO. 115 Neural plates mostly hexagonal, short-sided in front, the oij:i;litli absent, the corresponding costals meeting on tho median line. Plastron divided into two movable lobes separated from each other and from the carapace by ligament; entoplastron intersected by the humero-pectoral suture. No bony temporal arch ; alveolar surface without median ridge ; choana) between the eyes. Upper surface of head covered with undivided skin. Digits almost free, or with a very short web. Tail short. North America. Fij?. Skull of Cistudo Carolina. (From Gray, P. Z. S. 1869. 1. Cistudo Carolina. Edivards, Nat. Hist. iv. pi. ccv. (1750) j Bloch, Schriff. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. vii. p. 131, pi. i. (1767). Testudo Carolina, Linn. S. N. i. p. 352 (1766); Daud. Eept. ii. p. 207 (1802). cariuata, Linn. I. c. p. 3-53, clausa, Gmel. 8. N. i. p. 1042 (1789); ScUepff, Test. p. 32, pi. vii. (1792); Daiid. I. c. p. 207, pi. xxiii. figs. 1 & 2 j Leconte, Ann. Lye. X. Y. iii. p. 121 (1830). virgulata, Daud. I. c. p. 201, pi. xxiii. figs. 3 & 4. Emys clausa, Schwei(/(/. Prodr. p. 40 (1814). virgulata, Schweic/g. I. c. p. 47. schneideri, Sclmeic/q. I. c. p. 48. Terrapene clausa, Merr. Tent. p. 28 (1820) ; Bell, Te<t. (1836). Cistudo clausa, Sai/, Journ. Ac. PJtilad. iv. p. 214 (182o). Terrapene Carolina, Bell, Zuol. Journ. ii. p. 309 (1825). maculata. Bell, I. c. ? Terrapene nebulosa, Bell, I. c. p. 310. Cistudo Carolina, Gray, Sijn. Kept. p. 18 (1831); Du7n. 8; Bibr. ii. p. 210 (1835) ; Holhr. N. Am. Herp. i. p. 31, pi. ii. (1842) ; Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 30 (1844), and Sh. Bept. i. p. 39 (1855); Wied, N. Act. Ac. xxxii. i. p. 1, pi. i. fig. 1 (1865) ; Gray, Suiypl. Cat. Sh. Bept. i. p. 19 (1870).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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