Malayan flat-shelled turtle

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The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.[1][4]It is the only member of the monotypic genus Notochelys.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
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Malayan flat-shelled turtle
In Indonesia
1833-1834 illustration
CITES Appendix II [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Notochelys
Gray, 1863
Species:
N. platynota
Binomial name
Notochelys platynota
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[3]
  • Emys platynota Gray, 1834
  • Emys platynotha Gray, 1835 (ex errore)
  • Cyclemys platynota Gray, 1856
  • Notochelys platynota Gray, 1863
  • Cyclemys giebelii Hubrecht, 1881
  • Cistudo bankanensis Bleeker, 1889 (nomen nudum)
  • Notochelys platysnota Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)
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Distribution

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]

Habitat

This species can be found in lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks.[1]

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