. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERIDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 317 (1889a), Duerden (1907c), and Siel)enrock (1940c; 1910). Description. Beak more or less strongly hooked, tricuspid, edge of jaws more or less serrate; i)refrontal divided longitudi- iiall}' or broken up; frontal broken up; upper head shields small, irregular; forelimb anteriorly with a few unequal (one extremely large) tubercular scutes (but area distal to the largest formed of small scales), forming 2-4 longitudinal and 4-6 transverse series from elbow to outer claw; cl
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. LOVERIDGE AND WILLIAMS : AFRICAN CRYPTODIRA 317 (1889a), Duerden (1907c), and Siel)enrock (1940c; 1910). Description. Beak more or less strongly hooked, tricuspid, edge of jaws more or less serrate; i)refrontal divided longitudi- iiall}' or broken up; frontal broken up; upper head shields small, irregular; forelimb anteriorly with a few unequal (one extremely large) tubercular scutes (but area distal to the largest formed of small scales), forming 2-4 longitudinal and 4-6 transverse series from elbow to outer claw; claws 5; hinder side of thigh with a large, and occasionally a few subsidiary, subconical tubercles; heel with or without ^ conical, spurlike tubercles; tail in both sexes devoid of tubercles on sides and without a terminal claw- like Fig. 31. Skull of Psammobates ooulifer ( 7094). Condylobasal length 23 mm. (S. McDowell del.) Carapace convex, sides descending abruptly, shallowly notched in nuchal region, anterior and posterior margins more or less expanded, sometimes reverted, and strongly (rarely weakly) serrated; dorsal shields concentrically striated; nuchal present, usually large, subtriangular, more or less projecting into nuchal notch; vertebrals 5, rarely 4, 6, or 7,^ more or less swollen, 1 Both present and absent in United States National Museum material. 2 Four in a tortoise from Kooa iflde Werner :1910a) ; 6 in Keetmanshoop specimen; 7 in one ( 63021) from 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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