Species of Thailand
Malayan softshell turtle
Dogania subplana, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809
(In Thai: ตะพาบแก้มแดง, tapaab gaem daeng)
The Malayan softshell turtle (Dogania subplana) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is monotypic in its genus.
Geographic range
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Java, Kalimantan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore, and Sumatra.
Description
Adults may attain a carapace length of 35 cm (13.7 in). The head is large and muscular. The carapace is flat, and has straight sides. Juveniles are reddish on the sides of the neck, and have a few round black spots (ocelli) on the carapace. These markings become obscure as the turtles age.
This turtle is a medium to dark brown-green. The nose is long and tapered as with members of the family, Trionychidae. It has eight pairs of pleuralia.
Habitat
D. subplana prefers to live in the clean running water which is found in rocky streams at higher elevations.
Diet
It feeds on snails and other molluscs, crushing their shells with its powerful jaws.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Subphylum
- Vertebrata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Trionychidae
- Genus
- Dogania
- Species
- Dogania subplana
Common names
- German: Malayische Weichschildkröte
- English: Malayan soft-shelled turtle
- Thai: ตะพาบแก้มแดง, tapaab gaem daeng
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN2.3)
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Range Map
- Betong District, Yala
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Khao Lak - Lam Ru National Park
- Khao Nan National Park
- Khao Phanom Bencha National Park
- Khao Sok National Park
- Kui Buri National Park
- Sai Yok National Park
- Suan Phueng District, Ratchaburi
- Tarutao National Marine Park
- Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi
- Thung Yai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary
- Ton Nga-Chang Wildlife Sanctuary