Khorat snail-eating turtle

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Khorat snail-eating turtle
Holotype of Malayemys khoratensis.PNG
CITES Appendix II (CITES) [1]
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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
Ihlow, et al. 2016 [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Malayemys isanSomontha et al., 2017

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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References

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  3. Thomson, S. A., Lambertz, M. 2017. On the Nomenclatural Status of the Recently Described Snail-eating Turtle from Southeast Asia (Testudines, Geoemydidae): Malayemys khoratensis Ihlow et al. 2016 vs. Malayemys isan Sumontha et al. 2016. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. December 2017, 16(2):239-245 PDF
  4. Chiangkul, Krittiya; Trivalairat, Poramad; Purivirojkul, Watchariya (2018). "Redescription of the Siamese shield leechPlacobdelloides siamensiswith new host species and geographic range". Parasite. 25: 56. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018056. ISSN   1776-1042. PMC   6254108 . PMID   30474597.
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