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Malayan flat-shelled turtle

Notochelys platynota

John Edward Gray, 1834

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

Distribution

Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bangka), Vietnam, Singapore.

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

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Scientific classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Geoemydidae
Genus
Notochelys
Species
Notochelys platynota

Common names

  • German: Plattrücken-Schildkröte
  • English:
    • Malayan flat-shelled turtle
    • Flat-shelled turtle

Synonyms

  • Notochelys platynota, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
  • Notochelys platynota, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
  • Notochelys platynota, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
  • Notochelys platysnota, Wirot Nutaphand (1979)
  • Cistudo bankanensis (nomen nudum), Pieter Bleeker (1889)
  • Cyclemys platynota, George Albert Boulenger (1889)
  • Cistudo bankanensis, Pieter Bleeker (1889)
  • Cyclemys giebelii, Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (1881)
  • Notochelys platynota, John Edward Gray (1873)
  • Notochelys platynota, John Edward Gray (1864)

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Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN2.3)

Vulnerable (IUCN2.3)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Malayan flat-shelled turtle, Notochelys platynota in Thailand
  • Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary
  • Narathiwat Province
  • Pattani Province
  • Songkhla Province
  • Trang Province

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Range map of Notochelys platynota in Thailand