Malayemys Explained

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.Damonia was used by John Edward Gray in 1869, but is considered a junior homonym. It was considered monotypic until 2004.^[1] As of 2016, the genus consists of three species: Malayemys macrocephala, Malayemys subtrijuga and Malayemys khoratensis.^[2] The name Malayemys isan^[3] has been demonstrated to have not been published until after the name M. khoratensis if it was published under the code at all.^{[4] [2]}

The genus consists of three species.^[4]

• Malayemys macrocephala
• Malayemys subtrijuga
• Malayemys khoratensis

Distribution

Malayemys has a native distribution in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, and was introduced into Java, Indonesia.

Notes and References

1. Brophy . T. R. . 2004 . Geographic variation and systematics in the south-east Asian turtles of the genus Malayemys (Testudines: Bataguridae) . Hamadryad . 29 . 63–79 .
2. 10.1371/journal.pone.0153108. free. Integrative Taxonomy of Southeast Asian Snail-Eating Turtles (Geoemydidae: Malayemys) Reveals a New Species and Mitochondrial Introgression. 2016. Ihlow. Flora. Vamberger. Melita. Flecks. Morris. Hartmann. Timo. Cota. Michael. Makchai. Sunchai. Meewattana. Pratheep. Dawson. Jeffrey E.. Kheng. Long. Rödder. Dennis. Fritz. Uwe. PLOS ONE. 11. 4. e0153108. 27050302. 4822821. 2016PLoSO..1153108I.
3. Montri Sumontha. Timothy R. Brophy. Kirati Kunya. Suthep Wiboonatthapol. Olivier S. G. Pauwels. amp . 2016 . A new snail-eating turtle of the genus Malayemys Lindholm, 1931 (Geoemydidae) from Thailand and Laos . Taprobanica . 8 . 1 . 1–9 . 10.47605/tapro.v8i1.209.
4. 10.2744/CCB-1260.1. On the Nomenclatural Status of the Recently Described Snail-eating Turtle from Southeast Asia (Testudines, Geoemydidae):Malayemys khoratensisvs.Malayemys isan. 2017. Thomson. Scott. Lambertz. Markus. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 16. 2. 239–245. 89653457.