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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II Natural Science 1889

1889

Tail short not longer in the young than in the adult." In the Sirguja specimen with the exception of the one between the hyand hypoplastrals the whole of the sutures between the bones of the shell are completely obliterated ; but on raising the second vertebral shield of the Assam specimen it was seen that the underlying neural bones have the characteristic features of Nicoria ; while on [...] The short axillary and ingunal buttresses are also displayed in the female shell ; while the skull of the male exhibits the undivided skin on the upper surface the presence of a temporal arcade the absence of an oral ridge and the position of tho posterior narea (choante) on the transverse line of the orbits. [...] The almost total absence of webbing in the present species and the abrupt descent of the posterior portion of the carapace indicate terrestrial habits ; and it thus appears that N. tricarnata is a representative of the Oriental tricarinale group of the genus occupying an analogous position to that hold in the Neotropical Catalogue pp. [...] That the present form is almost exclusively terrestrial is shown by the practical absence of webbing in the digits and the contour of the posterior portion of the carapace which approximates to that obtaining in Testudo. [...] The occasional occurrence of this partial ligamentous union in the present form affords a curious comment on the divisions of the Testudinata into sections according to the nature of the union between the carapace and the plastron which have been proposed by some writers.
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Pages
120
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
XIX.—On the Tortoises described as Chaibassia.by R. Lydskkeb B. A. F. G. S.
327-333 unknown view
XX.—E’tude sur let Araclhnides de I’ Himalaya recueillis par MM.Oldham at Wood-Mason et faisant partie des collections do l’ Indian Museum. Ire Partie. Par E. Simon. Communicated by The Superintendent of the Indian Museum
334-344 unknown view
XXI.—Notes on Indian Rotifers.—by H. H. Anderson B. A.
345-358 unknown view
XXII.—Materials For a Flora Of The Malayan Peninsula.—by George King M.B.LL.D. F.R.S. Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden Calcutta
359-408 unknown view
XXIII.—On certain Lycænidæ from Lower Tenasserim. —by William Doherty Cincinnati U. S. A.
409-440 unknown view
Backmatter
i-vi unknown view

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