. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 290 REPTILES. [Chap> IX. parasites found on the spotted lizard of Berar by Dr. Hooker, each of which presents the distinct colour of the scale to which it adheres.* The marshes and pools of the interior are frequented by terrapvns ^, which the natives are in the habit of keeping alive in wells under the conviction that they clear them of impurities. These fr
. Sketches of the natural history of Ceylon; with narratives and anecdotes illustrative of the habits and instincts of the mammalia, birds, reptiles, fishes, insects, &c. including a monograph of the elephant ... Zoology; Elephants. 290 REPTILES. [Chap> IX. parasites found on the spotted lizard of Berar by Dr. Hooker, each of which presents the distinct colour of the scale to which it adheres.* The marshes and pools of the interior are frequented by terrapvns ^, which the natives are in the habit of keeping alive in wells under the conviction that they clear them of impurities. These fresh-water tortoises, the greater number of which are included in the genus Emys of naturalists, are distinguished by having their toes webbed. Their shell is less convex than that of their congeners on land (but more elevated than that of the sea-turtle); and it has been observed that the more rounded the shell, the nearer does the terrapin approach to the land-tortoise both in its habits and in. THE THREE-EIDGEB TORTOISE (EMY3 TRIJDGA) ' "S-OOTi^^s Himalayan Journals, vol. i. p. 37. ^ Cryptopus granmti, Schopf. De. Kelaaet, in Ms Prodromus (p. 179), refers this to the common Indian species, C. punctata ; but it is distinct. It is generally distri- buted in the lower parts of Ceylon, in lakes and tanks. It is the one usually put into wells to act the part of a scavenger. By the Singhalese it is named 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 Tennent, James Emerson, Sir, 1804-1869. London, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts
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