Malayan flat-shelled turtle | |
---|---|
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] | |
|
The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a speciesofturtle 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]
Family Geoemydidae
| ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
Genera |
|
| ||
†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. |
Notochelys platynota |
|
---|
This article about a turtle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |