| Malayan flat-shelled turtle | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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] | |
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The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia. [1] [4]
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]
This species can be found in lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks. [1]
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Family Geoemydidae | ||||
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| Genera |
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| † Banhxeochelys | ||||
| Batagur | ||||
| Cuora | ||||
| Cyclemys | ||||
| † Echmatemys | ||||
| Geoclemys | ||||
| Geoemyda | ||||
| Hardella | ||||
| Heosemys | ||||
| Leucocephalon | ||||
| Malayemys | ||||
| Mauremys | ||||
| Melanochelys | ||||
| Morenia | ||||
| Notochelys | ||||
| Orlitia | ||||
| Pangshura | ||||
| Rhinoclemmys | ||||
| Sacalia | ||||
| Siebenrockiella | ||||
| Vijayachelys | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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