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Show 1896.] BATRACHIANS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA. 859 platynota inhabits the valleys of the Malay Peninsula and but is apparently not numerous ; however, Giinther (R. B. I. p. 18) remarks, " this was certainly an incorrect determination, as is evident from his description" : I have not made, out to what species Cantor's Penang Tortoise belongs. Hab. Mergui, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 7. CYCLEMYS DHOR, Gray. Cyclemys oldhamll, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 15, pl. v. fig. Cyclemys dhor, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 131. It is stated in several works that this tortoise occurs in the Malay Peninsula ; Dr. Gray (Cat. Shield Rept. 1855, p. 43) says that three young tortoises from Penang, described by Cantor (p. 6) as Tetraonyx affinls, were probably tbe young of this species these specimens are now considered to belong to Callagur picta and Batagur baska. Hab. Northern India, Burma, Siam, Camboja, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 8. CYCLEMYS AMBOINENSIS, Daud. Cistudo amboinensis, Cantor, p. 5. Cuora amboinensis, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 12, pl. iv. figs. A, B. Cyclemys amboinensis, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 133 (skull fig. p. 128, and shell fig. p. 129). There are specimens in the British Museum from Malacca and Singapore. Cantor says, " This species appears to be numerous in the valleys, in ponds, rivulets and paddy fields, Malayan Peninsula and Singapore." Mr. Ridley informed me he had found it plentiful at Malacca. I found twro specimens near the Ayer Etam road in Penang: the length of carapace of the larger was 198 mm. Hab. Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, extending eastward to the Moluccas. 9. GEOEMYDA SPINOSA, Gray. Geoemyda spinosa, part., Cantor, p. 2. Geoemyda spinosa, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 18 ; Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 137. There are specimens in the British Museum from Penang (Cantor) and from Singapore (A. R. Wallace). Mr. Ridley has found this species on Bukit Timah, Singapore. In January 1896 I found tw7o specimens in the water, in streams on the south side of Bukit Timah, Singapore; the length of carapace of the larger was 186 mm. In captivity these tortoises spent nearly all their time in the water; they fed daily, eating for their size large quantities of fruit, preferring pineapple, but also taking orange, banana, raisins, lettuce, etc. On the 14th of May one laid au oblong, equal-ended, white egg. These specimens are now alive in the Society's Gardens (August 1896). Hab. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. |