Malayan snail-eating turtle

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The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Suborder:Cryptodira
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Malayan snail-eating turtle
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Malayemys
Species:
M. macrocephala
Binomial name
Malayemys macrocephala
(Gray, 1859)[3][4]
Synonyms[4]
  • Geoclemmys macrocephala Gray, 1859
  • Clemmys macrocephala Strauch, 1862
  • Emys macrocephala Günther, 1864
  • Damonia macrocephala Gray, 1869
  • Geoclemys macrocephala Bourret, 1941
  • Malayemys macrocephala Brophy, 2004
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Distribution

The Malayan snail-eating turtle is found in the Cambodia, Myanmar, west Malaysia and Thailand (coastal southeastern and central of Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins).[3][4]

Description

Malayan snail-eating turtle

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]

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