Malayan snail-eating turtle
Species of turtle
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The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.
| Malayan snail-eating turtle | |
|---|---|
| With Placobdelloides siamensis leeches | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Malayemys |
| Species: | M. macrocephala |
| Binomial name | |
| Malayemys macrocephala | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Distribution
Description

The Malayan snail-eating turtle has the basic freshwater turtle characteristics to represent an animal model when it comes to developmental biology. Females grow to have prominently larger heads than males. Those with large heads and other particular functions are fitted to diets including predominantly molluscs.[citation needed]