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Show 630 MR. G. A. BOULENGER ON SCHLEGEL?S GAVIAL. [June 16, " It is possibly referable to Tomistoma schlegeli, the Bornean Gavial, but the very meagre description of that species in my possession is insufficient to identify it." The specimen sent by M r . W r a y has been stuffed, and is now exhibited in the Reptile Gallery of the Natural History Museum. As the bones were sent with the skin, I a m able to add some remarks on the osteologieal characters, of which w e know nothing, except of the skull, which has been well described and figured. There are 24 praesacral, 2 sacral, and 35 caudal vertebrae. The Atlas and axis of Tomistoma, ventral and side views. (The posterior condyle of the axis is omitted.) c. Centrum. ha. Hypapophysis. na. Neural arch. r. Bib. |
