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platynota inhabits the valleys of the Malay Peninsula and Penang, 
but is apparently not numerous ; however, Giinther (R. B. I. p. 18) 
remarks, “this was certainly an incorrect determination, as is 
evident from his description”: I have not made out to what 
species Cantor’s Penang Tortoise belongs. 
Hab. Mergui, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 
7. CycLEMYs pDHoR, Gray. 
Cyclemys oldhamu, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 15, pl. v. fig. B. 
Cyclemys dhor, Boul. Cat. Chel. ete. p. 131. 
It is stated in several works that this tortoise occurs in the 
Malay Peninsula ; Dr. Gray (Cat. Shield Rept. 1855, p. 43) says 
that three young tortoises from Penang, described by Cantor 
(p. 6) as Tetraonyx affinis, were probably the young of this species ; 
these specimens are now considered to belong to Callagur picta 
and Batagur baska. 
Hab. Northern India, Burma, Siam, Camboja, Malay Peninsula 
and Archipelago. 
8. CYCLEMYS AMBOINENSIS, Daud. 
Cistudo amboinensis, Cantor, p. 5. 
Cuora_amboinensis, Ginther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 12, pl. iv. 
figs. A, B. 
Cyclemys amboinensis, Boul. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 133 (skull fig. 
p- 128, and shell fig. p. 129). 
There are specimens in the British Museum from Malacca and 
Singapore. Cantor says, “ This species appears to be numerous in 
the valleys, in ponds, rivulets and paddy fields, Malayan Peninsula 
and Singapore.” Mr. Ridley informed me he had found it plentiful 
at Malacca. I found two specimens near the Ayer Etam road in 
Penang: the length of carapace of the larger was 198 mm. 
Hab. Burma, Siam, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, extending 
eastward to the Moluccas. 
9. GHOEMYDA SPINOSA, Gray. 
Geoemyda spinosa, part., Cantor, p. 2. 
Geoemyda spinosa, Giinther, Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 18; Boul. Cat. 
Chel. ete. p. 137. 
There are specimens in the British Museum from Penang 
(Cantor) and from Singapore (A. R. Wallace). Mr. Ridley has 
found this species on Bukit Timah, Singapore. In January 1896 
I found two specimens in the water, in streams on the south side 
of Bukit Timah, Singapore; the length of carapace of the larger 
was 186 mm. In captivity these tortoises spent nearly all their 
time in the water; they fed daily, eating for their size large 
quantities of fruit, preferring pineapple, but also taking orange, 
banana, raisins, lettuce, etc. On the 14th of May one laid an 
oblong, equal-ended, white egg. These specimens are now alive 
in the Society’s Gardens (August 1896). 
Hab. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 
