Malayan softshell turtle

Malayan softshell turtle
Dogania subplana from Bogor
Kaeng Krachan National Park
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Trionychinae
Genus:	Dogania Gray, 1844 [3]
Species:	D. subplana
Binomial name
Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) [1]
Synonyms [4]
Trionyx subplanusGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 Gymnopus subplanus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Amyda subplana Fitzinger, 1843 Dogania subplana Gray, 1844 Trionyx frenatusGray, 1856 Dogania guentheriGray, 1862 Trionyx guentheri Günther, 1864 Potamochelys frenatusGray, 1864 Sarbieria frenataGray, 1869 Trionyx dillwyniiGray, 1873 Trionyx vertebralisStrauch, 1890 Trionyx peckiBartlett, 1895 Dogania guntheri M.A. Smith, 1931(ex errore) Dogania subpranaNutaphand, 1979(ex errore) Dogania subplanusGaffney & Meylan, 1988 Trionyx subpranaNutaphand, 1990 Trionix subplanusRichard, 1999

The Malayan softshell turtle (Dogania subplana) is a species of softshell turtle in the family Trionychidae. 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. ^[5]

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

Habitat

D. subplana prefers to live in the clean running water which is found in rocky streams at higher elevations. ^[5]

Diet

It feeds on snails and other molluscs, crushing their shells with its powerful jaws. ^[5]

References

1. Cota, M.; Hamidy, A.; Platt, K.; Kusrini, M.D.; Guntoro, J.; Shepherd, C.; Schoppe, S. (2021). "Dogania subplana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T46578A3008869. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T46578A3008869.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Fritz, Uwe, and Peter Havaš. 2007. Checklist of Chelonians of the World. Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 149-368. (Dogania, p. 314.)
4. Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 314–315. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . ISSN   1864-5755. S2CID   87809001.
5. 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.)
6. • JCVI.org (Retrieved Feb 23, 2010.)

Bibliography

• van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.

Further reading

• Alderton, D. 1988. Turtles and tortoises of the world. Facts on File, New York.
• Auliya, M. 2006. Taxonomy, Life History, and conservation of giant reptiles in west Kalimantan. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 432 pp.
• Baur, G. 1893. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinata. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31: 210–225.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum, London, 311 pp.
• Chan-ard, T.; Grossmann, W.; Gumprecht, A. & Schulz, K.D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist. [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Germany, 240 pp.
• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp. ISBN   0-88359-043-3.
• Ernst, C.H. and Barbour, R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. - London.
• Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1809. Mémoire sur les tortues molles. Nouv. Bull. soc. Philom. Paris 1 (22): 363–367.
• Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1809. Sur les tortues molles, nouveau genre sous le nom de Trionyx, et sur la formation des carapaces. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 14: 1-20 [11].
• Gray, J.E. 1863. Notice of a new species of Dogania from Asia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 12: 158–159.
• Gray, J.E. 1856. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). British Museum, London, 79 pp. [1855].
• Grossmann, W. & Tillack, F. 2001. Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna des Khao Lak, Phang Nga, thailändische Halbinsel. Teil III: Ergebnisse der Jahre 1999 und 2000. Sauria 23 (3): 21–34.

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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