Malayan snail-eating turtle

Malayan snail-eating turtle
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)[1]
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Malayemys
Species:	M. macrocephala
Binomial name
	Malayemys macrocephala; (Gray, 1859)[1][3]
Synonyms[3]
	Geoclemmys macrocephala Gray, 1859; Clemmys macrocephala Strauch, 1862; Emys macrocephala Günther, 1864; Damonia macrocephala Gray, 1869; Geoclemys macrocephala Bourret, 1941; Malayemys macrocephala Brophy, 2004;

The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.

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).[1][3]

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Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-29. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
Malayemys macrocephala, The Reptile Database

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