EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Malayemys subtrijuga
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Malayemys (Malayan Snail-eating Turtles)
species..............Malayemys subtrijuga (Malayan Snail-eating Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Schlegel and Müller 1844 : 30
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.4.53 (= specimen "m" listed in Boulenger 1889:95); however, King and Burke 1989:41 cite RMNH 6082; RMNH 6084; RMNH 6085 as syntypes.
- Type Locality
- "Java" [Indonesia]
- Original name
- Emys subtrijuga
- Common Name
- Malayan Snail-eating Turtle
- Distribution
- Thailand to southern Vietnam south through the base of the Malay Peninsula (Malaysia) to Sumatra and Java, Indonesia; unknown from the southern Malay Peninsula
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Damonia subtrijuga), Bourret (1941; as Damonia subtrijuga), and Taylor (1970).
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