Malayan snail-eating turtle

See also: Malayemys subtrijuga

The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.

Malayan snail-eating turtle
With Placobdelloides siamensis leeches
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Malayemys
Species:	M. macrocephala
Binomial name
Malayemys macrocephala (Gray, 1859)[3][4]
Synonyms[4]
Geoclemmys macrocephala Gray, 1859 Clemmys macrocephala Strauch, 1862 Emys macrocephala Günther, 1864 Damonia macrocephala Gray, 1869 Geoclemys macrocephala Bourret, 1941 Malayemys macrocephala Brophy, 2004

Distribution

The Malayan snail-eating turtle is found in the Cambodia, Myanmar, west Malaysia and Thailand (coastal southeastern and central of Chao Phraya and Mae Klong basins).^[3][4]

Description

Malayan snail-eating turtle

The Malayan snail-eating turtle has the basic freshwater turtle characteristics to represent an animal model when it comes to developmental biology. Females grow to have prominently larger heads than males. Those with large heads and other particular functions are fitted to diets including predominantly molluscs.^{[citation needed]}