. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New ed. By George Albert Boulenger. Chelonia (Genus); Crocodiles; Rhynchocephalia. Shell of Stauroti/pus salvinii. 1. Staurotypus triporcatus. Terrapene triporcata, Wiet/m. Isis, 1828, p. 364. Staurotypus triporcatus, Wac/l Si/st. Amph. pi. v. figs. 44, 45 (1830); and Icon. Amph. pi. xxxiii. (1833) ; I)u7n. |- Bibr. li. p. 536 (1835) ; Graij, Cat. S/i. Kept. i. p. 47, pi. xx b. (1855) ; Boeourt. Miss. iSv. Mex., Rept. p. 21 (1870). Kinostemon triporcatuiu, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 34 (1844). An
. Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New ed. By George Albert Boulenger. Chelonia (Genus); Crocodiles; Rhynchocephalia. Shell of Stauroti/pus salvinii. 1. Staurotypus triporcatus. Terrapene triporcata, Wiet/m. Isis, 1828, p. 364. Staurotypus triporcatus, Wac/l Si/st. Amph. pi. v. figs. 44, 45 (1830); and Icon. Amph. pi. xxxiii. (1833) ; I)u7n. |- Bibr. li. p. 536 (1835) ; Graij, Cat. S/i. Kept. i. p. 47, pi. xx b. (1855) ; Boeourt. Miss. iSv. Mex., Rept. p. 21 (1870). Kinostemon triporcatuiu, Gray, Cat. Tort. p. 34 (1844). Anterior lobe of plastron broad, with the longitudinal borders straight or slightly concave ; bridge comparatively broad, its diameter about four times and a half in the length of the plastron. No gular shield ; the suture between the pectorals is the longest; the suture between the latter shields and the abdominals strongly sinuous ; the greatest length of the abdominal shields equals their width ; inframarginals longer than broad. Length of carapace 34 centim. Mexico, (luatemala. ft. c?, f^tHd. Vera Cruz M. Sall(5 [C],. 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 British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology; Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937. London Printed by order of the Trustees
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