The Malayan snail-eating turtle (''Malayemys macrocephala'') is a species of

turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked tu ...

Malayemys ''Malayemys'' is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae. It was considered monotypic until 2005 It is found in several countries of Southeast Asia. Taxonomy The genus description is attributed to Wassili Adolfovitch Lindholm in 1931. ''D ...

genus of the family Geoemydidae.

Distribution

The Malayan snail-eating turtle is found in the

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

, west

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

and

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

(coastal southeastern and central of Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins).

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''Malayemys macrocephala''
The Reptile Database Geoemydidae Turtles of Asia Reptiles of Southeast Asia Reptiles of Cambodia Reptiles of Malaysia Reptiles of Myanmar Reptiles of Thailand Reptiles described in 1859 Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Turtle-stub