Species of Thailand
Malayan snail-eating turtle
Malayemys macrocephala, John Edward Gray, 1859
(In Thai: เต่านา, dtao naa)
The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the Geoemydidae family.
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).
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Geoemydidae
- Genus
- Malayemys
- Species
- Malayemys macrocephala
Common names
- English: Malayan snail-eating turtle
- Thai: เต่านา, dtao naa
Synonyms
- Malayemys macrocephala, Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (TTWG) (2014)
- Malayemys macrocephala, Timothy R. Brophy (2004)
- Geoclemys macrocephala, René Léon Bourret (1941)
- Damonia macrocephala, John Edward Gray (1869)
- Emys macrocephala, Albert Charles Lewis Günther (1864)
- Clemmys macrocephala, Alexander Strauch (1862)
- Geoclemys macrocephala, John Edward Gray (1860)
- Geoclemys macrocephala, John Edward Gray (1859)
- Geoclemmys macrocephala, John Edward Gray (1859)
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (IUCN2.3)
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Range Map
- Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi
- Bang Pa In District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Bangkok Province
- Cha-Am District, Phetchaburi
- Chang Klang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat
- Hua Hin District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Kathu District, Phuket
- Kham Thale So District, Nakhon Ratchasima
- Khao Yai Da
- Khao Yai National Park
- Ko Chang District, Trat
- Mae Poen District, Nakhon Sawan
- Mae Rim District, Chiang Mai
- Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi
- Mueang Rayong District, Rayong
- Nong Phai District, Phetchabun
- Nong Ya Plong District, Phetchaburi
- Phra Pradaeng District, Samut Prakan
- Phuket Province
- Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi
- Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
- That Phanom District, Nakhon Phanom