Malayan softshell turtle

Malayan softshell turtle
Dogania subplana from Bogor.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Trionychidae
Subfamily:	Trionychinae
Genus:	Dogania Gray, 1844[2]
Species:	D. subplana
Binomial name
Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)[1]
Synonyms[3]
Trionyx subplanus Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809 Gymnopus subplanus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Amyda subplana Fitzinger, 1843 Dogania subplana Gray, 1844 Trionyx frenatus Gray, 1856 Dogania guentheri Gray, 1862 Trionyx guentheri Günther, 1864 Potamochelys frenatus Gray, 1864 Sarbieria frenata Gray, 1869 Trionyx dillwynii Gray, 1873 Trionyx vertebralis Strauch, 1890 Trionyx pecki Bartlett, 1895 Dogania guntheri M.A. Smith, 1931 (ex errore) Dogania subprana Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore) Dogania subplanus Gaffney & Meylan, 1988 Trionyx subprana Nutaphand, 1990 Trionix subplanus Richard, 1999

The Malayan softshell turtle (Dogania subplana) is a species of softshell turtle in the Trionychidae family. It is monotypical of its genus.

Geographic range

It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Java, Kalimantan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Sabah, Sarawak, Singapore, and Sumatra.^[4]

Description

Adults may attain a carapace length of 35 cm (13¾ inches).

The head is large and muscular. The carapace is flat, and has straight sides. Juveniles are reddish on the sides of the neck, and have a few round black spots (ocelli) on the carapace. These markings become obscure as the turtles age.^[4]

This turtle is a medium to dark brown-green. The nose is long and tapered as with members of the family, Trionychidae. It has eight pairs of pleuralia.^[5]

Habitat

Dogania subplana prefers to live in the clean running water which is found in rocky streams at higher elevations.^[4]

Diet

It feeds on snails and other molluscs, crushing their shells with its powerful jaws.^[4]

References

Bibliography

• van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger; Rhodin, Anders G.J. (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original on 2012-01-22. 

Further reading

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Dogania subplana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (Retrieved on July 9, 2007.)
• Alderton, D. 1988. Turtles and tortoises of the world. Facts on File, New York.
• Auliya, M. 2006. Taxonomy, Life History, and conservation of giant reptiles in west Kalimantan. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 432 pp.
• Baur, G. 1893. Notes on the classification and taxonomy of the Testudinata. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 31: 210-225.
• Boulenger, G.A. 1889. Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum, London, 311 pp.
• Chan-ard, T.; Grossmann, W.; Gumprecht, A. & Schulz, K.D. 1999. Amphibians and reptiles of peninsular Malaysia and Thailand - an illustrated checklist. [bilingual English and German]. Bushmaster Publications, Würselen, Germany, 240 pp.
• Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing, 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-043-3.
• Ernst, C.H. and Barbour, R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. - London.
• Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1809. Mémoire sur les tortues molles. Nouv. Bull. soc. Philom. Paris 1 (22): 363-367.
• Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E. 1809. Sur les tortues molles, nouveau genre sous le nom de Trionyx, et sur la formation des carapaces. Ann. Mus. Hist. nat. Paris 14: 1-20 [11].
• Gray, J.E. 1863. Notice of a new species of Dogania from Asia. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 12: 158-159.
• Gray, J.E. 1856. Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). British Museum, London, 79 pp. [1855].
• Grossmann, W. & Tillack, F. 2001. Bemerkungen zur Herpetofauna des Khao Lak, Phang Nga, thailändische Halbinsel. Teil III: Ergebnisse der Jahre 1999 und 2000. Sauria 23 (3): 21-34.

Hendrickson, J.R. 1966. Observations on the fauna of Pulau Tioman and Pulau Tulai. 5. The Reptiles. Bull. Nat. Mus. Singapore 34: 53-71.

Wikispecies has information related to: Dogania subplana

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