. Synopsis reptilium : or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Part I., Cataphracta. Tortoises, crocodiles, and enaliosaurians . ca, byDr. Ruppell, which he thinks is distinct, and has named itCroc, octophractus. The beak is rather narrower than thecommon Egyptian specimens, it being 18|- inches long, andat the notch of the canines 3^, at the eyes 7, and at theocciput 10 inches wide, while in the Egyptian specimen ofnearly the same size, the head was ly inch longer, the samewidth at the notch, and 1 inch wider at the eyes and at theocciput. The former has 4 nuchal and 8 cervical plat
. Synopsis reptilium : or short descriptions of the species of reptiles. Part I., Cataphracta. Tortoises, crocodiles, and enaliosaurians . ca, byDr. Ruppell, which he thinks is distinct, and has named itCroc, octophractus. The beak is rather narrower than thecommon Egyptian specimens, it being 18|- inches long, andat the notch of the canines 3^, at the eyes 7, and at theocciput 10 inches wide, while in the Egyptian specimen ofnearly the same size, the head was ly inch longer, the samewidth at the notch, and 1 inch wider at the eyes and at theocciput. The former has 4 nuchal and 8 cervical plates,while the latter has 6 nuchal and 6 cervical plates; it mayprove to be only a variety, but the subject deserves exami-nation. Page 64. Enaliosaiiri.—Dr. Wagler has recently unitedthese animals with the Echidna fTachyglossus), the Platypus(Ornithorhytichus), and the Ornithocephalus, into a class,under the name of Gryphi, which he places between Mam -malia and Birds! Page 64. Ichthyosaurus.—Dr. Wagler has changed thename of this genus to Gryphus. Page 66. Plesiosaurus.—Dr. Wagler has given to thisgenus the name of 3. 4. /^^i^U^ /.28 LIST OF PLATES. PACE Tab. I. and II. Chersina angulata ... 15 Tab. III. Upper fig. Testudo stellata, middle aged . 12 Lower fig. Testudo pardalis, young . ib. Tab. IV. Emys vulgaris, young ... 24 Tab. V. Emys tecta .... 23 Tab VI. _/! 1. Kinostemon odoratum . 35 f. 2. Chelodina longicollis . 39 f. 3. Hydraspis subrufa ... 39 f. 4. Kinosternon Pennsylvanicum . , . 35 Tab. 1. Kinosternon scorpioides var. acuta . 34 f. 2. Chelonia imbricata ... 52 f. 3. Emys crassicollis . . 21 The figures on the shields of the three last plates represent therelative parts in the diiferent species. 1. The vertebral shields, scutella vertebralia, 2. The costal shields, scutella costalia. 3. The marginal shields, scutella marginalia, seen on the upper and under sides of the shell; in the figures, thesmall figure on the side represents the first,
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