REPRODUCTION OF GEOCHELONE 593 A NOTE ON THE REPRODUCTION OF Geochelone carbonaria AND G. denticulata (TESTUDINES, TESTUDINIDAE)

On the occasion of having collected three gravid Geochelone carbonaria in the Bolivian Chaco, data are given on oviducal eggs, as well as on five shells of eggs of the same species in the Museum collection. A review of the literature on the reproduction of G. carbonaria and of its sibling G. denticulata is presented, with an elementary statistical treatment of the data on number of clutches per reproductive season, interval between clutches, clutch size, egg shape and volume