Malayemys macrocephala

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Malayemys macrocephala　(Gray, J.E. 1859:479)
- Lectotype: BMNH 1947.3.4.51-.52
- Type locality: Type locality: “Siam”, restricted to Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand (Chao Phraya River Basin; approx. 50 km NNE of Bangkok; 14.017° N, 100.733° E).

Geoclemys macrocephala (Gray, J.E. 1859:479)
- Geoclemys macrocephala (Gray, J.E. 1860: 501)
- Malayemys macrocephala Brophy 2004
- Malayemys macrocephala TTWG 2014

Gray, J.E. 1859. Description of a new species of freshwater tortoise from Siam. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859(27):478–479.
Gray, J.E. 1860. Description of a new species of freshwater tortoise from Siam. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (3) 5: 501–502.
Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page.

čeština: Želva velkohlavá
English: Malayan snail-eating turtle