Big-headed turtle

Big-headed turtle
	A big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Platysternidae; Gray, 1869
Genus:	Platysternon; Gray, 1831
Species:	P. megacephalum
Binomial name
	Platysternon megacephalum; Gray, 1831
Synonyms
	Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831; Platisternon megacephalus Gray, 1834; Platysternon megacephalus Gray, 1835; Emys megacephala Schlegel, 1838; Platysternon magacephalum Fitzinger, 1843 (ex errore); Platysternum megacephalum Boulenger, 1889; Platysternon platycephalum Mertens, 1959 (ex errore); Platysternum megalocephalum Stanek, 1959 (ex errore); Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Wermuth, 1960; Platysternon magacephalum megacephalum Pritchard, 1979; Platysternon megacephalum tristernalis Schleich & Gruber, 1984; Platysternon megacephalum tristornalis Alderton, 1988 (ex errore); Platysternon megacephalum peguense Platysternon peguense Gray, 1870; Platysternon megacephalum peguense Wermuth, 1960; Platysternon megacephalum vogeli Wermuth, 1969; Platysternon megacephalum penguense Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore); Platysternon megacephalum penuense Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore); Platysternon megacephalum peguensis Sharma, 1998 (ex errore); Platysternon megacephalum shiui Platysternon megacephalum shiui Ernst & McCord, 1987;

The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from Southeast Asia and southern China.

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