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Show 1899.] REPTILES O F T H E M A L A Y PENINSULA A N D SIAM. 617 species, but I have never caught it wild myself. A specimen that was given me alive, at Bangkok, had unfortunately no history, except that it came from somewhere " up country." At Hinlap, in the Dong Phya Fai (Forest of the Lord of Fire), 700 feet above the sea, I found a carapace near the village. In the King of Siam's gardens, in Bangkok, there are several individuals, but I could not ascertain where they came from originally. In the Ayer Etam Tortoise Temple I was surprised to see two specimens of T. elongata, as it has not hitherto been recorded from the Peninsula. The man in charge told m e they were caught in the Penang Hills ; and it is probably true, as one cannot well imagine why they should be brought there from Burma, as Ayer Etam is situated in the interior of Penang, almost surrounded by hills, some miles from the coast. The British Museum Catalogue mentions specimens from the Laos Mountains and Cambodia, collected by M . Mouhot, and one specimen from Cochinchina. Description. A Penang specimen had no nuchal shield. Habits. Those of most land-tortoises, hisses when alarmed, eats vegetable foods, and appears to prefer bananas to anything else. Colour (in life). Carapace and plastron very pale yellowish brown, each scale with an irregular black blotch. Head and neck very pale green, almost white. Limbs pale greenish horn-colour. Iris very dark brownish grey, almost black. Size. A Siamese specimen, now in the Zoological Society's Gardens, measured in M a y 1897:- Length of carapace following curve 300 m m. Breadth „ „ „ 248 „ The Hinlap specimen measured, length of carapace following curve 330 m m. A Penang specimen measured :- Length of carapace following curve 350 m m. Breadth „ „ „ 312 „ Hab. Bengal (Chaibassa), Burma, Siam, Cambodia, Cochinchina, and Malay Peninsula. Family CHELONIDJE. The three species of Sea-Turtles are collectively called by the Siamese :- " Tou," applied to any tortoise or turtle. " Tou-ta-noo " or "tou-ta-nuk," ] , • ,-, "Ta-noo-tou," | any big turtle. " Samett," local name for Sea-Turtles at Kofai, Gulf of Siam ; and by the Malays "kura," " penyu," or "pinyu." In calm weather, in the Straits of Malacca and in the Gulf of Siam, one not unfrequently, when on board a steamer, passes a turtle swimming near the surface, sometimes showing only its broad curved back or its long flippers, sometimes putting its head right up out of the water. |