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CHELONID.?E. 



Carapace of adult olive or brown, spotted or marbled «ith 

 yellowish. 



Length of shell 1100 millim. 



Tropical and subtropical seas. Herbivorous ; highly valued for 

 its flesh (Green turtle). According to Cantor it is at all seasons 

 plentifully taken in fishing-stakes in the Straits of Malacca. Very 

 common throughout Malayan waters except in the vicinity of 

 mangroves and mudbanks. Especially common on the Sembilan 

 Islands on the west and the Kedangs on the east coast of the 

 Peninsula. 



24. Chelone imbricata. 



Testiuh imbricata, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 350 (1706). 



Chelonia imbricata, Schweigg. Prodr. p. 21 (1814) ; Bouleug. Cat. 



Chelon. p. 183 (1889) ; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Eept. p. 49, fig. 



(1890) ; id. Fascic. Malay., Zool. i, p. 147 (1903). 

 Carefta squamata, Giintli. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 54 (1864). 



Carapace tricariuate in the young, with the shields strongly 

 imbricate, the vertebrals rhomboidal ; dorsal shields of adult 



Fig. 7. — CJichne iiitbricafa (30ung). 



smooth, imbricate except in old specimens : margin formed of 

 25 shields. Snout compressed in the adult ; jaws hooked, not or 



