Biology:Malayan flat-shelled turtle
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Short description: Species of turtle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
| Genus: | Notochelys Gray, 1863 |
| Species: | N. platynota
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| Notochelys platynota (Gray, 1834)
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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.
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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Kusrini, M.D.; Hamidy, A.; Guntoro, J.; Cota, M.; Schoppe, S. (2021). "Notochelys platynota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T14856A546301.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14856/546301. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 237–238. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Notochelys platynota at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 April 2024.
Further reading
- Buskirk, James 1997 The Malayan Flat-Shelled Turtle Notochelys platynota Vivarium 9 (1): 6–9;15
- Gray, J.E. 1834 Characters of several new species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2: 53-55
- Gray, J.E. 1863 Observations on the box tortoises, with the descriptions of three new Asiatic species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 173-179
- Gray, J.E. 1864 Observations on the box tortoises, with the description of three new Asiatic species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 13: 105-111
- Gray, J.E. 1873 On the original form, development, and cohesion of the bones of the sternum of chelonians; with notes on the skeleton of Sphargis. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 11: 161-172
- Liat, Lim Boo & Das, Indraneil 1999 The turtles of Borneo and peninsular Malaysia. Kota Kinabalu, natural History Publications, 151 pp.
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