The Khorat snail-eating turtle (Malayemys khoratensis) is a
species of
turtle in the family
Geoemydidae. They are freshwater turtles from
Khorat Plateau in Thailand (hence where they get their name from) but were found for the first time in Udon Thani, Thailand.[4][5]
^Thomson, S. A., Lambertz, M. 2017. On the Nomenclatural Status of the Recently Described Snail-eating Turtle from Southeast Asia (Testudines, Geoemydidae): Malayemys khoratensis Ihlow et al. 2016 vs. Malayemys isan Sumontha et al. 2016. Chelonian Conservation and Biology. December 2017, 16(2):239-245
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