Malayan softshell turtle

Malayan softshell turtle
Dogania subplana from Bogor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus: Dogania
Gray, 1844[2]
Species: D. subplana
Binomial name
Dogania subplana
(Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)[1]
Synonyms[3]
  • Trionyx subplanus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
  • Gymnopus subplanus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Amyda subplana Fitzinger, 1843
  • Dogania subplana Gray, 1844
  • Trionyx frenatus Gray, 1856
  • Dogania guentheri Gray, 1862
  • Trionyx guentheri Günther, 1864
  • Potamochelys frenatus Gray, 1864
  • Sarbieria frenata Gray, 1869
  • Trionyx dillwynii Gray, 1873
  • Trionyx vertebralis Strauch, 1890
  • Trionyx pecki Bartlett, 1895
  • Dogania guntheri M.A. Smith, 1931 (ex errore)
  • Dogania subprana Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)
  • Dogania subplanus Gaffney & Meylan, 1988
  • Trionyx subprana Nutaphand, 1990
  • Trionix subplanus Richard, 1999

The Malayan softshell turtle (Dogania subplana) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is monotypic in its genus.

Geographic range

It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Java, Kalimantan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore, and Sumatra.[4]

Description

Adults may attain a carapace length of 35 cm (13.7 in). The head is large and muscular. The carapace is flat, and has straight sides. Juveniles are reddish on the sides of the neck, and have a few round black spots (ocelli) on the carapace. These markings become obscure as the turtles age.[4]

This turtle is a medium to dark brown-green. The nose is long and tapered as with members of the family, Trionychidae. It has eight pairs of pleuralia.[5]

Habitat

D. subplana prefers to live in the clean running water which is found in rocky streams at higher elevations.[4]

Diet

It feeds on snails and other molluscs, crushing their shells with its powerful jaws.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Rhodin 2011, p. 000.207
  2. Fritz, Uwe, and Peter Havaš. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 149-368. (Dogania, p. 314.)
  3. Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 314–315. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Das, Indraneil. 2006. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. ( (Dogania subplana) p. 136.)
Bibliography

Further reading

Hendrickson, J.R. 1966. Observations on the fauna of Pulau Tioman and Pulau Tulai. 5. The Reptiles. Bull. Nat. Mus. Singapore 34: 53-71.

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