Mekong snail-eating turtle

The Mekong snail-eating turtle (Malayemys subtrijuga) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It was monotypic within the genus Malayemys until Brophy (2004, 2005)[3] reevaluated (based on morphology) Malayemys macrocephala (Gray, 1859),[4] which has been long time considered to be a synonym of M. subtrijuga.

Mekong snail-eating turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Malayemys
Species:
M. subtrijuga
Binomial name
Malayemys subtrijuga
(Schlegel & Müller, 1845:30)[2]
Synonyms[1]
  • Emys herrmanni Schweigger, 1812:311 nomen dubium
  • Emys subtrijuga Schlegel & Müller, 1845:30 nomen protectum
  • Emys nuchalis Blyth, 1863:82
  • Damonia crassiceps Gray, 1870:43
  • Damonia oblonga Gray, 1871:367

Distribution

The Mekong snail-eating turtle is found in the Mekong River basin of Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam, and Thailand and the northern Malay  Peninsula, and Java, Indonesia.[3][5] It could have been introduced to Java via human intervention from the Mekong River Basin. The occurrence of the species in Indonesia is regarded by Brophy (2005) to be allochthonous, i.e., non-native (Sumatra) or extinct (Java)[3]

References
  1. 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, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2014-04-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link).
  2. 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.
  3. Brophy, Timothy R. (2004). "Geographic variation and systematics in the south-east Asian turtles of the genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae)". Hamadryad. 29: 63–73 – via Digital Commons.
  4. 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.
  5. Brophy, Timothy R. (2005). "Geographic distribution of the Southeast Asian turtles in the Genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae)". Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society. 40: 21–33 – via Digital Commons.


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