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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Malayan Snail-Eating Turtle
Common Names in German:
Malaiischer Schneckenfresser
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Order:
Testudines
()
- Family:
Geoemydidae or Bataguridae
()
- Subfamily:
Geoemydinae
()
- Genus:
Malayemys
()
- Lindholm, 1931
- Specific name:
subtrijuga
- Schweigger
- Scientific name: - Malayemys subtrijuga Schweigger
- Specific name:
subtrijuga
- Schweigger
- Genus:
Malayemys
(
- Subfamily:
Geoemydinae
(
- Family:
Geoemydidae or Bataguridae
(
- Order:
Testudines
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cistudo gibbosa BLEEKER 1889 /i> (Nomen Nudum)
- Damonia /i> (?) Crassiceps Gray 1870
- Damonia crassiceps Gray 1870 ?
- Damonia oblonga Gray 1871: 367
- Damonia subtrijuga Boulenger 1889
- Emys hermanni Schweigger 1812 ?
- Emys nuchalis Blyth 1863
- Emys subtrijuga SCHLEGEL & MÜLLER 184 /i> (In Temminck)
- Geoclemys macrocephala Gray 1859
- Geoclemys macrocephala Gray 1860: 501
- Malayemis [sic] subtrijuga — Chan-Ard Et Al. 1999: 226
- Malayemis subtrijuga Chan-Ard Et Al. 1999: 226
- Malayemys subtrijuga /i> (Schlegel and Müller, 1844)
- Malayemys subtrijuga — Cox Et Al. 1998: 129
- Malayemys subtrijuga, Lindholm 1931
- Malayemys subtrijuga — Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 450
- Malayemys subtrijuga — Schilde 2004
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Malayemys
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. subtrijuga (Malayan Snail-Eating Turtle)
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Further Reading
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- Brophy (2003) Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
- Brophy (2004) Hamadryad 29 (1): 63 – 79
- Brophy (2006) Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5(1):159-165.
- Chan et al. (1999) Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Gemany, 240 pp.
- Cox et al. (1998) Phot. Guide Snakes Rept. Penins. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.
- Ernst & Barbour (1989) Turtles of the World.
- Gray (1860) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 5: 501-502
- Gray (1871) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) 8: 367
- IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Changes to 1996 IUCN Red List Status of Asian Turtle Species. In: P.P. van Dijk, B.L. Stuart and A.G.J. Rhodin (eds). Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia, pp.156-164. Chelonian Research Monographs 2. Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA.
- Iverson, J. B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately Printed. Richmond, Indiana. ISBN: 0-9617431-0-5.
- Kopstein (1938) Bull. Raffl. Mus. No 14: 81-167
- Kuchling (1995) Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1 (3): 223-226
- Lehr et al. (2003) Reptilia (GB) (30): 64-71
- Manthey & Grossmann (1997) Amph. & Rep. Südostasiens. NTV (Münster)
- McCord et al. (2003) Reptilia (GB) (30): 34-38
- Pauwels et al. (2003) Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University 3 (1): 23-53
- Schilde (2004) Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 192 pp.
- Schlegel et al. (1844) In: Temminck,V. (1839-1847) Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis der Nederlandsche overzeesche bezittingen, door de leden der Natuurkundige Commisie in Oost-Indie en andere schrijvers. Leijden folio. Afd. 1 Zoologie in 12 afleveringen, met 45 gekl. pl. - Vitg. door C.J. Temminck, Leiden, Leuchtmans u. Hoeck in comm.: 29-36
- Schweigger (1812) Königsberg. Arch. Naturwiss. Mathem., 1: 271-368, 406-458.
Notes
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Contributors
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Malayemys subtrijuga. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2547133
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-20497
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551927
- IUCN ID: 39555
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 130502
