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Sukaranda); Java (Tandjong Priok); Borneo! (Koelei, Koti); 

 New Guinea (Lorentz river!, Stekvva river, Laloki river). — 

 Malay Peninsula; Penang; Burma; Ganges; Bengal; Siam; 

 Annam; China; Philippines. 



This turtle is often caught on the sea-coast. 



4. Emyda Gray. 

 (Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 49, 1831). 



Postorbital arch narrower than the diameter of the orbit; 

 bony choanae between the orbits; jaws strong. Seven or eight 

 neurals in an uninterrupted series; eighth pair of costals large, 

 forming a suture like the seventh; a praenuchal present; mar- 

 ginal bones only in the posterior part of the margin, not in 

 connection with the discus. Seven plastral callosities present ; 

 the hind limb may be concealed under a cutaneous valve. 



Distribution. The East-Indies. 



A single species. 



I. Emyda granosa (Schoepfif). 



Tcsttido granosa, Schoepff, Test. 1792, p. 127, pi. XXX. 



Emyda granosa^ Boulenger, Cat. Chel. 1889, p. 269. 



Emyda vittata^ idem, p. 269. 



Emyda scutata^ idem, p. 270. 



Emyda granosa^ Siebemock, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. X 1909, p. 591 (s. syn.). 



Emyda granosa^ Annandale, Rec. Ind. Mus. VII part II 1912, p. 171. 



Carapace uniformly granulate; two neurals between the first 

 pair of costals; anterior marginal larger than the others. Dorsal 

 skin in young specimens longitudinally plaited. Plastral callo- 

 sities varying in size, the entoplastral smallest; epiplastra short 

 and straight. Head moderate, snout short. Tail short. Limbs 

 with three claws. Length of disk 250 mm. 



This species may be divided into a number of local races. 

 One of these : Emyda granosa vittata Ptrs., is distinguished 

 from the others by being uniformly brown on carapace and 

 head; head and neck usually have black streaks, becoming 

 indictinct with age. 



Habitat: Celebes?. — In a footnote on p. 591, Sieben- 

 rock states that a specimen of this form is preserved in the 

 Vienna Museum, which apparently came from Celebes. This 

 locality seems very doubtful; it occurs naturally in India 

 (Madras Presidency, Mysore plateau up to 3000 feet, Bombay 

 Presidency), living in ponds and lakes, where it undergoes a 

 period of hibernation. 



