Notochelys platynota (Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle)
The common name of this Freshwater Turtle in English is commonly called Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Flat-shelled turtle and Thai name called เต่าทับทิม (Dtao Tap-tim).
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เต่าทับทิม : Notochelys platynota (Gray, 1834)
Notochelys platynota is a species of the Flat-shelled Turtle Genus (Notochelys) within the Freshwater Pond Turtle Family (Geoemydidae), Superfamily Testudinoidea, in the Suborder Cryptodira, in the Turtles Order (Testudines), in the Reptile Class (Reptilia), in the Chordate Phylum (Chordata) in the Animal Kingdom (Animalia).
Geographic Range
The range of Notochelys platynota occurs in peninsular Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak (Malaysia), Brunei, Sabah (Malaysia), and several parts of Indonesia (Sumatra, Siberut Islands, Bunduran Islands, west and east Kalimantan and eastern Java). It might occur in peninsular Myanmar.
Habitat and Ecology
Notochelys platynota inhabits lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks. It can be found in the canals of oil palm plantations in Indonesia.
Age at maturity is around 8–9 years. Generation length is estimated at 25 years (age of first reproduction x 3). Three generations correspond to 75 years.
Reproduction
oviparous.
Synonyms
- Emys platynota John Edward Gray (1834)
- Emys platynotha John Edward Gray (1834)
- Emys platynotha John Edward Gray (1835)
- Cyclemys platynota John Edward Gray (1856)
- Notochelys platynota John Edward Gray (1863)
- Notochelys platynota John Edward Gray (1864)
- Notochelys platynota John Edward Gray (1873)
- Cyclemys giebelii Ambrosius Arnold Willem Hubrecht (1881)
- Cistudo bankanensis Pieter Bleeker (1889)
- Cyclemys platynota George Albert Boulenger (1889)
- Cistudo bankanensis (nomen nudum) Pieter Bleeker (1889)
- Notochelys platysnota Wirot Nutaphand (1979)
- Notochelys platynota Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
- Notochelys platynota Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
- Notochelys platynota Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)