Notochelys platynota

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA REPTILIA TESTUDINES GEOEMYDIDAE

Scientific Name: Notochelys platynota
Species Authority: (Gray, 1834)
Common Name/s:
English – Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable   A1cd+2cd   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 2000
Assessor/s Asian Turtle Trade Working Group
Evaluator/s: Buhlmann, K., Rhodin, A. & van Dijk, P.P. (Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Red List Authority)
Justification:
In Indonesia the population declined from extremely common in the late 1980s to reasonably common at present. In Malaysia, trade volume has increased while habitat has decreased. In Thailand considered at least Vulnerable (OEPP 1997). It was traded in East Asian food markets in 1999 at levels of 2–3 tons per day (B. Chan and R. Kan, pers. comms.), after proportionally very high mortality during transport.
History:
1996 – Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia; Malaysia; Thailand; Viet Nam
Presence uncertain:
Myanmar

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The trade volume of this species has increased in Malaysia, whilst habitat has decreased. In East Asian food markets it was traded at levels of 2–3 tons/day in 1999, after proportionally very high mortality during transport.
Citation: Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Notochelys platynota. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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