SINGAPORE BIODIVERSITY RECORDS 2020 Special Issue (9): 4 pages ISSN 2345-7597

Date of publication: 30 December 2020.

© National University of Singapore

Notes on the species of Ophidia and Lacertlia obtained at Sime Road Internment

Camp, Singapore, during February 1945

Alexander Cross

Note: The third page is a note to Dr Gibson-Hill. The fourth page shows a blank medical sheet.

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U .v l i nd ronh i s ru rus i I g '72I L.2.45 g .Jaken besidetr drain in r ;entral garden area. ] .h ls

specinerr l ras I ' i i int reddi sh n:arkings across thebach. 'fhe. stotilach con&ained e fresh ttllphi'pn ou s stl.t neasu r ing 271 .5 mns . i n t o ta l l enq t t ] .

Xenope f t i s un l co lo r : 1 g .A22 23.2.45 g Taken el ive inJ4 grass belk at i iu t 1 l-8.

i r ie6 sure d tnd l iberaaed.

Lvcodon au l i cus : 1 g .735 L1.2. a5 9 Ts-hen under r , board near i : iut 20. Contained four

€ggs r i te :LsuFirrg 17 - i9 x 5.15 - t j nf ls. . Stomachcori ta ined a srr ink ( iygosoi, la boi , r inp:Fi - i io. 7 j6junr i i6esl ;eci eJld unCe.t l iaged except ior the abser ice.of r ignt ior ,e I i t^r i . . r atro ' rhe 1; i , r o l i t r€ tai ] .

Ho l -a rc l rus oc to l i nea i ;us l a d .1nZ 23.2.2rb € Ki l fecj | )y outsic ie isrr" igue orr -uki 1, Tieta, i r Golf

*jourse. Gut enpty. 'ihi- s ;pe cir,i€rr nacl ari unusua,lsubcr. .uct i ,1 couDt oi c pairs + lb s ingle s + r ,4 peirs.

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l e n o r e l L , J r ! i s c i . u c o 1 i r - c L L u s : I Q ., 8A4 17 .2. a5 g f aken rrea,r i lut l -12. Gut e pt .y.

P e s s e r i t a p r " L s i n a : 1 g . * if

724 IO.2.15 q ' faken d. inon g oeans in a pr" ivr .rc nar.L,en ntrrr Cut 125.' Gu t empty . An te r i o r ' : o r t i on o f ov iCuc t con te inedfoun part ly fortneo eggs, the l l rp_' ;"1 nleasur ing ' . '5 8 . 0 x l 5 . O i r u i s . .

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+ h 6 h ^ ^ r r . r . - . r , , : , n ^ : .v r l u u v ! , d r o i ' l a t . r a l s p o t s o f b r i c k - i ; l .red r .nd 'vr f r i te. The i_.e spots are sotrrei , ;hat i r regulaT-.in shepe and very vE,r i rble in t i te e:r : 'arrgeinent ofd ,t h e r e d a : r c . l r ' h i t e c o l i i | . o n e n t S . t h e r e d . o o r t i o n n l a }

bL e r i LL r iu r , posLer io r , supc r i . c r o r i f l l e r . i o r f Lo t l t e \ i r l i Le po r t i on ,blr- t in i r rost cases t t re red ai .no yrhi te oort ions are'e c;ue I i r i a.rea.

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-'Iaken in crack irr bank of Green-

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trre relirairr s of a cri cke t (

Sime iload Internlnent/,t C eunp tSingarpore.8th. I r iarch 1945.

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ha Ye n ot ilad :452- 56- EO3=1 5- 1?B-D- ( I s+29P. )d 4o6-112-518=17-167-s-

txlsax$xt (3P + 13s + +4P)I +oa- l t+ -b1?=17-155-51p.

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l t h i n k i t l S f i . C . $ o o i n s o n i n ' l B i r d s o f t r r e l v l a l a y P e n l n s u l a ' lVo1. i . Ig27, \ l r to says-tnat tr te Baffed.Ground-Dove (g!9p91i",, , :*I i f*u

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one o1' tnese doves ';G;iG" r,r i tb rne to check i t ' Yesterciay I saw one oI inese doves:t_"_'.-:;: - + n A n p r r n h ^ n t h F S t e m O I 'f ly into a papaya - tree ano, pt t ' ""- :" , , : ' l :

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