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)
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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