. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Chelonia (Genus). lfc"«#' ,#'" 1K>>. Bombifrom indicus. Skull: fig. 3, half-grown; fig. 4, young, nat. size (see C. tru/onnps. Gray). Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 4. in. lin. in. lin. in. lin. 17 3 9 10 4 8 5 9 3 7 2 8 11 6 6 3 2 0 23 0 none 5 5 10 6 5 11 2 6 6 9 3 9 1 (i 5 11 2 4 0 9 Fig. 1. in. lin. Length of skull 20 0 Length from occiput to front of orbit 6 9 Length of face 13 3 Length of lower jaw . 27 0 Width at occiput .... 13 o Width at hinder notch 9 2 Width at notch 5 4 The face becomes shorter compared w
. Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Chelonia (Genus). lfc"«#' ,#'" 1K>>. Bombifrom indicus. Skull: fig. 3, half-grown; fig. 4, young, nat. size (see C. tru/onnps. Gray). Fig. 2. Fig. 3. Fig. 4. in. lin. in. lin. in. lin. 17 3 9 10 4 8 5 9 3 7 2 8 11 6 6 3 2 0 23 0 none 5 5 10 6 5 11 2 6 6 9 3 9 1 (i 5 11 2 4 0 9 Fig. 1. in. lin. Length of skull 20 0 Length from occiput to front of orbit 6 9 Length of face 13 3 Length of lower jaw . 27 0 Width at occiput .... 13 o Width at hinder notch 9 2 Width at notch 5 4 The face becomes shorter compared with the width of the middle of the face as the animal becomes older. In the young (fig. 4) the length of the head is rather more than three times the width of the swollen part behind the notch ; in fig. 3 it is just three times, and in fig. 2 it is twice and a half the width at the same part; and in the old skull (fig. 1) it is only a little more than twice the width of the face. As a good iUustratiou of the difference in the appearance of the skulls of the individuals of the species, I may give the measurements of two skulls of " Mu^ars " from India, of the same size, in the British-Museum collection :— Broad Narrow variety. variety. inches. inches. Length of the skuU along the forehead .91 9g Length of side of skuU 10| 10§ Width of back of skuU 5§ 5| AVidth in front of orbits 4| 4 Width over largest tooth 3| 3j Width at notch 2L 2orlj| The broad-nosed variety (fig. 3) was presented by Sir J. Boileau, and the narrow one by Capt. Boys. A\Tien the two skulls are placed side by side, the large teeth are just the same distance apart; and the different teeth in the two skulls exactly agree in size, position, and distance from each 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 Mus
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