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][2]
Distribution
It is found in the mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia,[1][2] Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore[2]) and in parts of the Malay Archipelago (Sumatra, Java, Borneo).[1][2]
Type locality: "in India Orientali", later restricted to "Sumatra; Singapore" by Gray (1863:177).[2]
Habitat
This species can be found in lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks.[1]
References
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.