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currents and is still spreading for it has been recorded from the Nicobar
Islands.
Dr W. S. S. van Benthem Jutting has devoted a lifetime of research
to the study of terrcstrial and freshwater molluscs of the entire IndoAustralian archipelago. It is unfortunate that nowhere does she give a
TABLE 11. CRABS AND SNAKES OF THE INDO-MALAYAN REGION
(Tweedie, 1954)
___ . - ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
-~ -
Dotillopsis brevitarsis (de Man)
Dotilloplax kempi Tweedie
Camptandrium elongatum Rathbun
Ilyoplax delsmani delsmani (de Man)
longicarpa TweedLe
spinimera Tweedie
intermedia Balss
delsmani serrata Shen
Scopimera proxima Kemp
Uca rosea (Tweedie)
angustjfrons (dc Man)
rhizophorae Tweedie
Metaplax crenulatus (Gcrst.)
Sesarrria onycophora de Man
tredecim Tweedie
lepida Tweedie
rectipectinata Tweedie
semperi Burger
johorensis Tweedie
k. kraussi de Man
k. borneensis Tweedie
Hyclropliis torquatus toryuatus Gunth.
t. aagardi
fasciatus fasciatus Schn.
f. atriceps Gunth.
U
a
b
b
N
?
6
~
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
E
$
6
+
+
+
-t
+
+
+
s
E
6
6
%
-~
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
complete distribution of any of the brackish water species listed and
one cannot, from her papers, deduce any peculiarities of molluscan
distribution similar to those shown by the crabs. Her studies do show
that those islands connected by the Sunda Shelf have many species in
common with one another and with continental Malaya and South East
Asia. They indicate too that some differences may occur in relation to
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currents and is still spreading for it has been recorded from the Nicobar
Islands.
Dr W. S. S. van Benthem Jutting has devoted a lifetime of research
to the study of terrcstrial and freshwater molluscs of the entire IndoAustralian archipelago. It is unfortunate that nowhere does she give a
TABLE 11. CRABS AND SNAKES OF THE INDO-MALAYAN REGION
(Tweedie, 1954)
___ . - ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
-~ -
Dotillopsis brevitarsis (de Man)
Dotilloplax kempi Tweedie
Camptandrium elongatum Rathbun
Ilyoplax delsmani delsmani (de Man)
longicarpa TweedLe
spinimera Tweedie
intermedia Balss
delsmani serrata Shen
Scopimera proxima Kemp
Uca rosea (Tweedie)
angustjfrons (dc Man)
rhizophorae Tweedie
Metaplax crenulatus (Gcrst.)
Sesarrria onycophora de Man
tredecim Tweedie
lepida Tweedie
rectipectinata Tweedie
semperi Burger
johorensis Tweedie
k. kraussi de Man
k. borneensis Tweedie
Hyclropliis torquatus toryuatus Gunth.
t. aagardi
fasciatus fasciatus Schn.
f. atriceps Gunth.
U
a
b
b
N
?
6
~
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
E
$
6
+
+
+
-t
+
+
+
s
E
6
6
%
-~
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
complete distribution of any of the brackish water species listed and
one cannot, from her papers, deduce any peculiarities of molluscan
distribution similar to those shown by the crabs. Her studies do show
that those islands connected by the Sunda Shelf have many species in
common with one another and with continental Malaya and South East
Asia. They indicate too that some differences may occur in relation to