Notochelys platynota

Taxobox | name = Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle
status = VU| status_system = iucn2.3


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Geoemydidae
genus = "Notochelys"
species = "N. platynota"
binomial = "Notochelys platynota"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1834)
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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).

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
* 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.

External links

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* http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Notochelys_platynota.jpg