Malayan flat-shelled turtle

Notochelys platynota

John Edward Gray, 1834

The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.

Distribution

Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bangka), Vietnam, Singapore.

Type locality: "in India Orientali", later restricted to "Sumatra; Singapore" by Gray (1863:177).

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Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Notochelys
Species: Notochelys platynota

Common names

German: Plattrücken-Schildkröte
English:
- Malayan flat-shelled turtle
- Flat-shelled turtle

Synonyms

Notochelys platynota, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
Notochelys platynota, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
Notochelys platynota, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
Notochelys platysnota, Wirot Nutaphand (1979)
Cistudo bankanensis (nomen nudum), Pieter Bleeker (1889)
Cyclemys platynota, George Albert Boulenger (1889)
Cistudo bankanensis, Pieter Bleeker (1889)
Cyclemys giebelii, Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (1881)
Notochelys platynota, John Edward Gray (1873)
Notochelys platynota, John Edward Gray (1864)
Notochelys platynota, John Edward Gray (1863)
Cyclemys platynota, John Edward Gray (1856)
Emys platynotha, John Edward Gray (1835)
Emys platynotha, John Edward Gray (1834)
Emys platynota, John Edward Gray (1834)

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Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN2.3)

Photos

Distribution map of Malayan flat-shelled turtle, Notochelys platynota in Thailand — Range map of Notochelys platynota in Thailand

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