Species of Thailand
Mekong snail-eating turtle
Malayemys subtrijuga
Hermann Schlegel & Salomon Müller, 1845
In Thai: เต่านา, dtao naa
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) revalidated (based on morphology) Malayemys macrocephala (Gray, 1859) 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. Introduced in Java, Indonesia. The occurrence of the species in Indonesia is regarded by Brophy (2005) to be allochtonous, i.e., non-native (Sumatra) or extinct (Java).
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Geoemydidae
- Genus
- Malayemys
- Species
- Malayemys subtrijuga
Common names
- German: Malaiischer Schneckenfresser
- English: (Malayan) Snail-eating turtle
- Thai: เต่านา, dtao naa
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN2.3)
Photos
Range Map
- Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima