Malayan flat-shelled turtle

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Malayan flat-shelled turtle
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In Indonesia
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1833-1834 illustration
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Notochelys
Gray, 1863
Species:
N. platynota
Binomial name
Notochelys platynota
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms [3]
  • Emys platynotaGray, 1834
  • Emys platynothaGray, 1835(ex errore)
  • Cyclemys platynotaGray, 1856
  • Notochelys platynotaGray, 1863
  • Cyclemys giebeliiHubrecht, 1881
  • Cistudo bankanensisBleeker, 1889(nomen nudum)
  • Notochelys platysnotaNutaphand, 1979(ex errore)

The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia. [1] [4]

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Distribution

It is found in the mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, [1] [4] Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore [4] ) and in parts of the Malay Archipelago (Sumatra, Java, Borneo). [1] [4]

Type locality: "in India Orientali", later restricted to "Sumatra; Singapore" by Gray (1863:177). [4]

Habitat

This species can be found in lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Kusrini, M.D.; Hamidy, A.; Guntoro, J.; Cota, M.; Schoppe, S. (2021). "Notochelys platynota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T14856A546301. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T14856A546301.en . Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 237–238. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 .
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Notochelys platynota at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 April 2024.

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