Malayan snail-eating turtle

Malayan snail-eating turtle
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Malayemys
Species: M. macrocephala
Binomial name
Malayemys macrocephala
(Gray, 1859)[1][2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Geoclemmys macrocephala Gray, 1859
  • Clemmys macrocephala Strauch, 1862
  • Emys macrocephala Günther, 1864
  • Damonia macrocephala Gray, 1869
  • Geoclemys macrocephala Bourret, 1941
  • Malayemys macrocephala Brophy, 2004

The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the Geoemydidae family.

Distribution

The Malayan snail-eating turtle is found in the Cambodia, Myanmar, west Malaysia and Thailand (coastal southeastern and central of Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins).[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Rhodin 2011, pp. 000.191
  2. 1 2 3 Fritz 2007, p. 227

Bibliography

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