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)