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Color in life. — Head above olive, with minute black dots; 
carapace olive, with a few darker and lighter striations along 
the median dorsal part; outer edge olive, with small spots of 
darker and lighter color; plastron flesh color, with a few white 
dots on anterior part; chin and throat with minute dots of 
black and white. 
Remarks. — The specimen in the aquarium was captured in 
1918 at San Miguel, Bulacan Province, Luzon, by Mr. Genesio 
Fating, and was presented to the aquarium by Mr. George Sym- 
monds, of Manila. The turtle does very well in captivity and 
takes food regularly. The food given is small dead fish. In 
the same tank are kept specimens of Cyprinus carpio (Chinese 
carp), and Megalops cyprinoides (buan-buan), and these living 
fish are not molested. When living specimens of Ophiocephalus 
striatus (the mud fish, or dalag), were placed in the same 
aquarium they were frequently killed. In Luzon the species is 
known as antipa; it appears to be rare. Individuals grow to 
be more than a meter long. 
The turtle here mentioned died since this paper was written. 
