EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Platysternon megacephalum
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Platysternidae (Big-headed Turtles)
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Platysternon (Big-headed Turtles)
species..............Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1831c : 107
- Holotype
- BMNH 1946.9.7.42
- Type Locality
- "China"
- Original name
- Platysternon megacephalum
- Common Name
- Big-headed Turtle
- Distribution
- Southeastern China (including Hainan Island) [PRC] to Burma and Thailand
- Comments
- Reviewed by Pope (1935), Bourret (1941), and Taylor (1970). Geographic variation reviewed by Schleich and Gruber (1984) and Ernst and McCord (1987).
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