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

 New Guinea (Lorentz river!, Stekwa 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. Kept. 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 (Schoepff). 



Testudo 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, Siebenrock, 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. 



