Malayan flat-shelled turtle

The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.

Malayan flat-shelled turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
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
  • 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)
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