Malayan snail-eating turtle
{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
{{See also|Malayemys subtrijuga}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Parasite180056-fig5A Placobdelloides siamensis (Glossiphoniidae).png
| image_caption = With Placobdelloides siamensis leeches
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = CITES_A2
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}
| genus = Malayemys
| species = macrocephala
| authority = (Gray, 1859){{harvnb|Rhodin|2011|pp=000.191}}{{harvnb|Fritz|2007|p=227}}
| synonyms = * Geoclemmys macrocephala Gray, 1859
- Clemmys macrocephala Strauch, 1862
- Emys macrocephala Günther, 1864
- Damonia macrocephala Gray, 1869
- Geoclemys macrocephala Bourret, 1941
- Malayemys macrocephala Brophy, 2004
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The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.
Distribution
Description
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.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite journal |url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf |title=Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status |journal=Chelonian Research Monographs |volume=5 |date=2011-12-31 |last1=Rhodin |first1=Anders G.J. |last2=van Dijk |first2=Peter Paul |last3=Iverson |first3=John B. |last4=Shaffer |first4=H. Bradley |last5=Roger |first5=Bour |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf |archive-date=2012-01-31 |ref=CITEREFRhodin2011 |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf |title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World |date=2007-10-31 |access-date=2010-12-29 |last1=Fritz |first1=Uwe |last2=Havaš |first2=Peter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110501060224/http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-01 |url-status=dead |ref={{harvid|Fritz|2007}} }}
- [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Malayemys&species=macrocephala&search_param=%28%28genus%3D%27Malayemys%27%2Cexact%29%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
{{Geoemydidae}}
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Category:Reptiles of Southeast Asia
Category:Reptiles described in 1859
Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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