Malayan snail-eating turtle
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Malayemys
Species:	M. macrocephala
Binomial name
Malayemys macrocephala (Gray, 1859)[1][3]
Synonyms[3]
Geoclemmys macrocephala Gray, 1859 Clemmys macrocephala Strauch, 1862 Emys macrocephala Günther, 1864 Damonia macrocephala Gray, 1869 Geoclemys macrocephala Bourret, 1941 Malayemys macrocephala Brophy, 2004

The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.

Distribution

The Malayan snail-eating turtle is found in the Cambodia, Myanmar, west Malaysia and Thailand (coastal southeastern and central of Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins).^[1][3]

Physical Characteristics

The Malayan snail-eating turtle has the basic freshwater turtle characteristics to represent an animal model when it comes to developmental biology. Females grow to have prominently larger heads than males. Those with large heads and other particular functions are fitted to diets including predominantly molluscs.

References

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007-10-31). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
• Malayemys macrocephala, The Reptile Database
• Kitana, J., Kitana, N., & Pewphong, R. (2020). Chronology of Gonadal Development in the Malayan Snail-eating Turtle Malayemys macrocephala. Zoological Studies, 59(20).
• Dawson, E.J., Ihlow, F., Ettmar, S., Paul van Dijk, P. (2018). Malayemys macrocephala (Gray 1859) – Malayan Snail-Eating Turtle, Rice-Field Terrapin. Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Foundation and Turtle Conservancy. 10.3854/crm.5.108.macrocephala.v1.2018