Malayan flat-shelled turtle explained

The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.

Distribution

It is found in the mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore) and in parts of the Malay Archipelago (Sumatra, Java, Borneo).

Type locality: "in India Orientali", later restricted to "Sumatra; Singapore" by Gray (1863:177).

Habitat

This species can be found in lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks.

Further reading

• Buskirk, James 1997 The Malayan Flat-Shelled Turtle Notochelys platynota Vivarium 9 (1): 6–9;15
• Gray, J.E. 1834 Characters of several new species of freshwater tortoises (Emys) from India and China. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 2: 53-55
• Gray, J.E. 1863 Observations on the box tortoises, with the descriptions of three new Asiatic species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 173-179
• Gray, J.E. 1864 Observations on the box tortoises, with the description of three new Asiatic species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 13: 105-111
• Gray, J.E. 1873 On the original form, development, and cohesion of the bones of the sternum of chelonians; with notes on the skeleton of Sphargis. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 11: 161-172
• Liat, Lim Boo & Das, Indraneil 1999 The turtles of Borneo and peninsular Malaysia. Kota Kinabalu, natural History Publications, 151 pp.