TESTUDO. 15 



Bengal, Assam, Burma, Cochinchina, Siam, Camboja, Malay- 

 Peninsula (Penang and Kampong Jalor). 



Called by the Jalor natives Kura-lcura mas or " gold tortoise." 



10. Testudo emys. 



Schleg. i^' Miill. in Temminck, Verb. Nat. Nederl. Ind., Rept. p. 34, 

 pi. iv (1844) ; Bouleng. Cat. Chelon. p. 158 (1889) ; id. Faun. 

 Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 22 (1890) ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 616. 



Geoemyda spmosa, part.. Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, xvi, 

 p. 607 (1847). 



Manouria emys, Giiutli. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 10 (1864). 



Shell considerably depressed, its depth not halt' its length ; 

 anterior and posterior margins reverted, more or less strongly 

 serrated ; nuchal present, not or but little broader than long ; 

 .supracaudal shields two; discal shields concentrically striated, 

 often concave ; vertebrals much broader than long and at least as 

 broad as costals, the second and third with the antero-lateral side 

 not or but little shorter than the postero-lateral. Plastron large, 

 gular region somewhat produced and usually notched, hind lobe 

 deeply notched ; the pectoral shields usually separated from each 

 other; axillary shield very small, inguinal large. Head moderate; 

 temporal arch broad ; two large prsefrontal shields and a large 

 frontal ; jaws not hooked, feebly denticulate, the alveolar surface 

 of the upper jaw with a strong median ridge. Pore limb anteriorly 

 with very large, bony, pointed, imbricate tubercles; hind limb with 

 large, bony tubercles on the plantar surface, with others larger, 

 conical, and spur-like on the heel and on the back of the thigh. 

 Adult dark brown or blackish ; carapace of young yellowi.sh brown, 

 with dark brown markings. 



Length of shell 520 millim. One of the largest tortoises. 



Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo. 



Has been observed in Penang, the Larut Hills, and the 

 Din dings. 



Called Baning or hura Jciira anam Icalci or " six-footed tortoise," 

 referring to the femoral spur. Lives in the drier parts of the 

 woods. 



11. Testudo latinuchalis. 



Geoemyda lathimJudis, YaiW. Bull. Soc. Philoni. (8) vi, p. 68 (1894;. 

 Testudo pseudemys, Bouleng. Fascic. Malay., Zool. i, p. 144, pi. ix 

 (1903) ; Annandale, Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (2) ii, p. 204 (1906). 

 Testudo latiiuichalis, Siebenr. Zool. Jahrb., Suppl. x, p. 520 (1909). 



Shell considerably depressed, its depth not half its length ; 

 anterior and posterior margins reverted and strongly serrated ; 

 nuchal shield present, rather large, broader than long; supra- 

 caudal shields two, embracing a deep notch ; discal shields 

 concentrically striated and more or less concave ; vertebrals much 

 broader than long, at least as broad as the costals, the second. 



