EMYSystem Species Page: Dogania subplana
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Trionychidae (Softshell Turtles)
SubfamilySubfamily Trionychinae (Common Softshell Turtles)
GenusGenus Dogania (Malayan Softshell Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Dogania subplana (Malayan Softshell Turtle)
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Original Description Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire 1809a : 11
Type Locality "Patrie Inconnue"
Holotype MNHN 5182
Original name Trionyx subplanus
Common name Malayan Softshell Turtle
Distribution Southern Burma south through Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, and Java (Malaysia and Indonesia); the Philippines record (de Rooij, 1915) is considered questionable (Taylor, 1920)
Comments Reviewed by Smith (1931), Bourret (1941), Taylor (1970) and Meylan (1987).
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