Mekong snail-eating turtle
Mekong snail-eating turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Malayemys |
Species: | M. subtrijuga |
Binomial name | |
Malayemys subtrijuga (Schlegel & Müller, 1845:30)[2] | |
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See also: Malayemys macrocephala
The Mekong snail-eating turtle (Malayemys subtrijuga) is a species of turtle in the Geoemydidae family. It was monotypic within the genus Malayemys until Brophy (2004, 2005)[3] revalidated (based on morphology) Malayemys macrocephala (Gray, 1859)[4] long time considered to be a synonym of M. subtrijuga.
Distribution
The Mekong snail-eating turtle is found in the Mekong River basin of Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam, and northeastern Thailand.[1] Introduced in Java, Indonesia.[1] The occurrence of the species in Indonesia is regarded by Brophy (2005) to be allochtonous, i.e., non-native (Sumatra) or extinct (Java).
References
- 1 2 3 4 Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P.; Iverson, J.B.; Shaffer, H.B.; Bour, R.; and Rhodin, A.G.J.] (2012). Turtles of the World, 2012 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5, pp. 000.243–000.328, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v5.2012, .
- ↑ Schlegel, Hermann and Müller, Salomon. (1845). Over de Schildpadden van den Indischen Archipel, beschrijving einer nieuwe soort van Sumatra. In: Temminck, C.J. (Ed.). Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiendenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen 1839–44. Part 3. Zoologie, Schildpadden. Leiden: Luchtmans and van der Hoek, pp. 29–36.
- ↑ Brophy, T. R. (2004). Geographic variation and systematics in the south-east Asian turtles of the genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae). Hamadryad 29:63-79. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1057&context=bio_chem_fac_pubs
- ↑ Gray, John Edward. (1859). Description of a new species of freshwater tortoise from Siam. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859(27):478–479.
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