Malayemys
{{Short description|Genus of turtles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Holotype of Malayemys khoratensis.PNG
| image_caption = The holotype of Malayemys khoratensis
| image2 = Malayemys khoratensis (orange), Malayemys macrocephala (blue), Malayemys subtrijuga (green).PNG
| image2_caption = Morphological differences in shell characteristics and head colouration patterns of Malayemys khoratensis (orange), Malayemys macrocephala (blue), Malayemys subtrijuga (green).
| taxon = Malayemys
| authority = Lindholm, 1931{{cite book |author=Turtle Taxonomy Working Group |year=2017 |title=Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status |edition=8th |publisher=Chelonian Research Foundation |series=Chelonian Research Monographs |volume=7 |isbn=978-1-5323-5026-9}}
| synonyms =
- Damonia
- Malayameys
}}
Malayemys is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. It was considered monotypic until 2005 It is found in several countries of Southeast Asia.
Taxonomy
The genus description is attributed to Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm in 1931.
Damonia was used by John Edward Gray in 1869, but is considered a junior homonym. It was considered monotypic until 2004.{{cite journal |last=Brophy |first=T. R. |year=2004 |title=Geographic variation and systematics in the south-east Asian turtles of the genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae) |journal=Hamadryad |volume=29 |pages=63–79 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/254636199}} As of 2016, the genus consists of three species: Malayemys macrocephala, Malayemys subtrijuga and Malayemys khoratensis.{{Cite journal|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0153108|doi-access=free|title=Integrative Taxonomy of Southeast Asian Snail-Eating Turtles (Geoemydidae: Malayemys) Reveals a New Species and Mitochondrial Introgression|year=2016|last1=Ihlow|first1=Flora|last2=Vamberger|first2=Melita|last3=Flecks|first3=Morris|last4=Hartmann|first4=Timo|last5=Cota|first5=Michael|last6=Makchai|first6=Sunchai|last7=Meewattana|first7=Pratheep|last8=Dawson|first8=Jeffrey E.|last9=Kheng|first9=Long|last10=Rödder|first10=Dennis|last11=Fritz|first11=Uwe|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=11|issue=4|pages=e0153108|pmid=27050302|pmc=4822821|bibcode=2016PLoSO..1153108I}} The name Malayemys isan{{Cite journal|author=Montri Sumontha|author2=Timothy R. Brophy|author3=Kirati Kunya|author4=Suthep Wiboonatthapol|author5=Olivier S. G. Pauwels|name-list-style=amp |year=2016 |title=A new snail-eating turtle of the genus Malayemys Lindholm, 1931 (Geoemydidae) from Thailand and Laos |journal=Taprobanica |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.47605/tapro.v8i1.209|url=http://taprobanica.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/1_malayemysisan_spnov_sumonthaetal_taprobanica_8_1_1-9.pdf }} has been demonstrated to have not been published until after the name M. khoratensis if it was published under the code at all.{{Cite journal|doi = 10.2744/CCB-1260.1|title = On the Nomenclatural Status of the Recently Described Snail-eating Turtle from Southeast Asia (Testudines, Geoemydidae):Malayemys khoratensisvs.Malayemys isan|year = 2017|last1 = Thomson|first1 = Scott|last2 = Lambertz|first2 = Markus|journal = Chelonian Conservation and Biology|volume = 16|issue = 2|pages = 239–245|s2cid = 89653457}}
Distribution
References
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Category:Reptiles of Indonesia
Category:Taxa named by Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm
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