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of Pelochelys cumingii, which is now regarded as synonymous with 
P. cantorii. Casto de Elera also reports the species from the 
Philippines, locality Palawan, with a specimen in the Santo Tomas 
Museum. This specimen is no longer extant. 
Trionyx sinensis Wiegmann. Reported by Casto de Elera from the 
Batan Islands, and later by Siebenrock on the strength of the 
former record. The specimen reported as present in the Santo 
Tomas Museum is no longer extant. 
Dogania subplana occurs in Java and Borneo; Stejneger re- 
gards its presence in Formosa as doubtful. ChiU'a indica is 
known only from India. Trionyx sinensis occurs in Formosa, 
and a specimen has been reported from Timor. 
Genus PELOCHELYS Gray 
Chitra Gray, Cat. Shield Kept. 1 (1855) 70, part; Gunther, Kept. 
Brit. India (1864) 50. 
Pelochelys Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1864) 89; (1873) 40; Suppl. 
Cat. Shield Kept. 1 (1870) 90; Boulenger, Cat. Chel. Rhyn. Croc. 
Brit. Mus. (1889) 262; Fauna India, Rept. (1890) 15; Strauch, 
Mem. Acad. Sci. St.-Petersburg VII 38 (1890) 34; Baur, Amj. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist. VI 7 (1891) 445; Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 31 (1893) 
221; Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 19 (1905) 29; Siebenrock, 
Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 10 (1909) 606. 
“Outer extremities of the nuchal plate overlying the second 
dorsal rib; neural plates well developed. Limbs completely ex- 
posed. Hyoplastron distinct from hypoplastron ; not more than 
five plastral callosities. Bony choanse between the orbits; jaws 
weak; postorbital arch as broad as the diameter of the orbit; 
pterygoids posterior border free, without ascending process.” 
{Boulenger.) 
Only one species of the genus is known. 
Pelochelys cantorii Gray. Plate 6, figs. 3 and 4. 
Chitra indica Gray, Cat. Tort. (1844) 49, part; Cat. Shield Rept. 
(1855) 49; Gunther, Rept. Brit. India (1864) 50, pi. 6, fig. C. 
Gymnopus indices Cantor, Cat. Mai. Rept. (1847) 10. 
Pelochelys cantorii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1864) 90, figs. 
9 and 10; (1869) 215; Theobald, Journ. Linn. Soc. (1868) 10; Cat. 
Rept. Brit. India (1876) 28; Baur, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 31 (1893) 
221; Ogilby, Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland 19 (1905) 29; Siebenrock, 
Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 10 (1909) 607. 
Pelochelys cumingii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1864) 90; Cat. 
Shield Rept. Suppl. (1870) 91 (type locality Philippines). 
Pelochelys bibronii Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. London (1864) 90; Cat. 
Shield Rept. Suppl. (1870) 91. 
Pelochelys cantoris Boulenger, Cat. Chel. Rhyn. Croc. Brit. Mus. 
(1889) 263; Fauna India, Rept. (1890) 15; Casto de Elera, Cat. 
Fauna Filipinas 1 (1895) 406; Flower, Proc. Zool. Soc. London 
