List of a collection of snakes, crocodiles, and chelonians from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw ; with an appendix containing a list of the names of the places visited by the 'Skeat expedition', by W.W. Skeat.

  • Laidlaw, Frank Fortescue, 1876-1963.
Date:
1901
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Credit: List of a collection of snakes, crocodiles, and chelonians from the Malay peninsula, made by members of the 'Skeat expedition', 1899-1900 / by F.F. Laidlaw ; with an appendix containing a list of the names of the places visited by the 'Skeat expedition', by W.W. Skeat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Brit. Ind., Kept. p. 5 (fig. p. 2); S. 8. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 625. A single small specimen, some 7 feet long, from Biserat in Jalor. This species is apparently very rare in the Peninsula, and it does not range further east. Order CHELOA^IA. Fam. TESTUDINIDiE. 1. Damonia subtrijuga (Schleg. & MiilL). Damonia suhtrijuga^ Boulenger, Cat. Chel. &c. p* 94; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 610. Several young from Lampan in Patalung and an adult from Biserat. The leng‘h of the carapace of the latter following the curve is 165 mm. 2. Bellia crassicollis Gray. Patalnng, Eaman. 3. Cyclemts plattnota Gray. Belimbing in Legeh. 4. Cyclemts amboinensis (Baud.). Cydemys amboinensis, Boulenger, Cat. Chel. &c. p. 133 (skull fig. p. 128, shell fig. p. 129); id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Eeptiles, p. 31 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 614. Our largest example of this species, from Biserat, had no nuchal plate. 5. Geoemyda spinosa Gray. Geoemyda sjnnosa, Boulenger, Cat. Chel. &c. p. 137; id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Eeptiles, p. 25 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 614. One specimen from a hill near Kuala Aring and several from the flat swampy country round KotaBharu, the capital of Kelantan. It would seem thus to inhabit plains or hills up to 2000 feet or so indifferently. 6. Geoemyda grandis Gray. Biserat. 7. Testudo emys Schleg. & Miill. Testudo emys, Boulenger, Cat. Chel. &c. p. 158 (skull fig. p. 150); id. Faun. Brit. Ind., Eeptiles, p. 22 ; S. S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1899, p. 616. Native name (Kelantan) “ Kura kura anam kaki ” (six-legged tortoise). This name is easily intelligible if the hind legs of a living example be examined. The Malays say that this species is only found in the hills, that the male can roar loudly like a tiger, and ■ [8]