Malayan flat-shelled turtle

The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.^[1][4]

Malayan flat-shelled turtle
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Notochelys Gray, 1863
Species:	N. platynota
Binomial name
Notochelys platynota (Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[3]
Emys platynota Gray, 1834 Emys platynotha Gray, 1835 (ex errore) Cyclemys platynota Gray, 1856 Notochelys platynota Gray, 1863 Cyclemys giebelii Hubrecht, 1881 Cistudo bankanensis Bleeker, 1889 (nomen nudum) Notochelys platysnota Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)

Distribution

It is found in the mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia,^[1][4] Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore^[4]) and in parts of the Malay Archipelago (Sumatra, Java, Borneo).^[1][4]

Type locality: "in India Orientali", later restricted to "Sumatra; Singapore" by Gray (1863:177).^[4]

Habitat

This species can be found in lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks.^[1]

References

1. Kusrini, M.D.; Hamidy, A.; Guntoro, J.; Cota, M.; Schoppe, S. (2021). "Notochelys platynota". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T14856A546301. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T14856A546301.en. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 237–238. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
4. Notochelys platynota at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 9 April 2024.

Further reading

• 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.