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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

Synonyms

  • Malayemys subtrijuga, Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (TTWG) (2014)
  • Malayemys subtrijuga, Maik Schilde (2004)
  • Malayemys subtrijuga, Timothy R. Brophy (2004)
  • Malayemis sic subtrijuga, Tanya Chan-Ard et al. (1999)
  • Malayemys subtrijuga, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
  • Malayemys subtrijuga, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
  • Malayemys subtrijuga, Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm (1931)
  • Cistudo gibbosa, Pieter Bleeker (1889)
  • Damonia subtrijuga, George Albert Boulenger (1889)
  • Damonia oblonga, John Edward Gray (1871)

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN2.3)

Vulnerable (IUCN2.3)

Photos

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Range Map

Distribution map of Mekong snail-eating turtle, Malayemys subtrijuga in Thailand
  • Phimai District, Nakhon Ratchasima
Range map of Malayemys subtrijuga in Thailand