Malayan snail-eating turtle
Malayan snail-eating turtle | |
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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] | |
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See also: Malayemys subtrijuga
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 2 3 Rhodin 2011, pp. 000.191
- 1 2 3 Fritz 2007, p. 227
Bibliography
- van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- Malayemys macrocephala, The Reptile Database
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