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of suture across abdominal shields ; a small axillary and a small 
inguinal shield; no intercalary scutes evident; humerals and ab- 
dominals forming direct sutures with marginals ; plastral shields 
rugose. Carapace above olive or yellowish brown, with no dark 
markings; below very light brown, with dark brown radiating 
lines around the edges of each shield of plastron and marginals ; 
head with a slight median keel from tip of snout, surface of occip- 
ital region finely sculptured ; markings on head and neck similar 
to those of the adult. 
There is a carapace of an adult specimen in the Bureau of 
Science collection which differs from the shell of the adult spec- 
imen described, in having the entire outer part of the carapace 
almost entirely dark blackish brown, and the upper part of the 
costals and the vertebrals with radiating dotted lines; the car- 
apace is rugose, showing distinctly the lines of growth; the ab- 
dominal shields have a strong trace of a suture on their anterior 
parts. 
Table 2. — List of Philippine specimens of Cyclemys dhor Gray. 
Remarks . — Individual variation in this widely distributed 
species is strongly marked. It varies greatly at different ages. 
One can scarcely find two specimens that are wholly alike. The 
species is terrestrial in habit, apparently only the young fre- 
quenting water. In the Philippines the species is known from 
Palawan, Balabac, and Leyte. It probably occurs on other large 
islands. It was first reported from the Philippine Islands by 
Boulenger in 1894, on the strength of specimens collected by 
Everett. The species is known from Java, Borneo, Sumatra, 
=“'Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. VI 14 (1894) 82. 
