EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Orlitia borneensis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Orlitia (Malaysian Giant Turtles)
species..............Orlitia borneensis (Malaysian Giant Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1873c : 157
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.4.9
- Type Locality
- "Borneo"
- Original name
- Orlitia borneensis
- Common Name
- Malaysian Giant Turtle
- Distribution
- Malaya and Sarawak (Borneo), Malaysia and Sumatra and Kalimantan (Borneo), Indonesia
- Comments
- Reviewed by de Rooij (1915) and Boulenger (1912:24-25).
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