Khorat snail-eating turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Malayemys |
Species: | M. khoratensis |
Binomial name | |
Malayemys khoratensis | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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The Khorat snail-eating turtle (Malayemys khoratensis) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. They are freshwater turtles from Khorat Plateau in Thailand (hence where they get their name from) but were found for the first time in Udon Thani, Thailand. [4] [5]
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