. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British museum (Natural history). Chelonia (Genus); Rhynchocephalia; Crocodiles. 13. CISTITDOi 115 Neural plates mostly hexagonal, short-sided in front, the eighth absent, the corresponding costals meeting on the median line. Plastron divided into two movable lobes separated from each other and from the carapace by ligament; entoplastron intersected by the hnmero-pectoral suture. No bony temporal arch ; alveolar surface without median ridge ; choana) between the eyes. Upper surface of head covered with undivided skin. Digi
. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British museum (Natural history). Chelonia (Genus); Rhynchocephalia; Crocodiles. 13. CISTITDOi 115 Neural plates mostly hexagonal, short-sided in front, the eighth absent, the corresponding costals meeting on the median line. Plastron divided into two movable lobes separated from each other and from the carapace by ligament; entoplastron intersected by the hnmero-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. Fig. w Y V Skull of Cistudo Carolina. (From Gray, P. Z. S. 1869. 1. Cistudo Carolina. Edwards, Nat. Hist. iv. pi. ccv. (1750); Bloch, Schnft. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. vii. p. 131, pi. i. (1787). Testudo Carolina, Linn. S. N. i. p. 352 (1766); Baud. Rept. ii. p. 207 (1802). carinata, Linn. I. c. p. 353. clausa, Gmel. S. N. i. p. 1042 (1789); Schoepff, Test. p. 32, pi. vii. (1792); Baud. I. c. p. 207, pi. xxiii. fig\s. 1 & 2 ; Leconte, Ann. L%jc. N. Y. iii. p. 124 (1830). virgulata, Baud. I. c. p. 201, pi. xxiii. figs. 3 & 4. Emys clausa, Sclnveigg. Prodr. p. 46 (1814). virgulata, Schiveigg. I. c. p. 47. schneideri, Schioeigr/. I. c. p. 48. Terrapene clausa, Men: Tent. p. 28 (1820) ; Sell, Test. (1830). Cistudo clausa, Sag, Journ. Ac. Philad. iv. p. 214 (1825). Terrapeue caroliua, Bell, Zool. Journ. ii. p. 309 (1825). maculata, Bell, I. c. ? Terrapene nebulosa, Bell, I. c. p. 310. Cistudo Carolina, Gray, Sipi. liept. p. 18 (1831); Dum. S) Bihr. ii. p. 210 (1835) ; Ilolhr. 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, Suj)^)l. Cat. Sh. liept. i. p. 19 (1870).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for rea
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