. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERIDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 329 fiski, sciniundi and smithi, and shortly afterwards at Sencken- berg the type of hoett(jeri=^oscarboettgeri. Paratypes of schon- landi ( 42222-4) have been available to us also. Description. Beak weakly or strongly hooked, tricuspid, edge of jaws finely dentate; prefrontal and frontal broken up; upper head shields small, irregular; forelimb anteriorly covered with a few extremely large (in some instances a single shield is ex- ceptionally enlarged as in oculifer),
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERIDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 329 fiski, sciniundi and smithi, and shortly afterwards at Sencken- berg the type of hoett(jeri=^oscarboettgeri. Paratypes of schon- landi ( 42222-4) have been available to us also. Description. Beak weakly or strongly hooked, tricuspid, edge of jaws finely dentate; prefrontal and frontal broken up; upper head shields small, irregular; forelimb anteriorly covered with a few extremely large (in some instances a single shield is ex- ceptionally enlarged as in oculifer), unequal, juxtaposed, subim- bricate scutes, forming 2-4 longitudinal and 5-9 transverse series. Fig. 32. Skull of Psammolates t. verroxii juv. ( 21330). Condylo- basal length 15 mm. The youth of the specimen is reflected in the very open sutures. (S. McDowell del.) from elbow to outer claw; claws 5; hinder side of thigh with one or more enlarged, conical tubercles -^ heel with a large spurlike tubercle; claws 4, rarely 5. Carapace more or less convex, sides rounded, descending abruptly, very shallowly notched in nuchal region, anterior and posterior margins more or less expanded, sometimes reverted, and not or but slightly serrated; dorsal shields concentrically striated; nuchal usually present, typically broader than long or slightly longer than broad, rarely divided,^ frequently minute, rarely absent; vertebrals 5, rarely 4^ or 6,"* more or less swollen, 1 In stating "without" Boulenger (1880a) misread Smith's description. 2 In type of dcpressa FitzSimons. 3 Fide Power (1933a). * In type of seimmidi as well as other 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 Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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