Malayan flat-shelled turtle

The Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota) is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia.^[1][4]

Malayan flat-shelled turtle
In Indonesia
1833-1834 illustration
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (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
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Notochelys Gray, 1863
Species:	N. platynota
Binomial name
Notochelys platynota (Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[3]
Emys platynota Gray, 1834 Emys platynotha Gray, 1835 (ex errore) Cyclemys platynota Gray, 1856 Notochelys platynota Gray, 1863 Cyclemys giebelii Hubrecht, 1881 Cistudo bankanensis Bleeker, 1889 (nomen nudum) Notochelys platysnota Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)

Distribution

It is found in the mainland Southeast Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia,^[1][4] Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore^[4]) and in parts of the Malay Archipelago (Sumatra, Java, Borneo).^[1][4]

Type locality: "in India Orientali", later restricted to "Sumatra; Singapore" by Gray (1863:177).^[4]

Habitat

This species can be found in lowland forests and wetlands, including streams and small creeks.^[1]