Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 248-249

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:78E23714-8973-4755-BC94-0A751D7D2B37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968154

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/88502B73-FF6D-B88E-FF6B-40FA7D290DDF

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scientific name

Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831
status

 

Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831 View in CoL — Non-native; Introduced.

Big-headed Turtle

Singapore records.

Platysternum megacephalum — Hanitsch, 1910b: 7 (Bukit Timah).

Platysternon megacephalum View in CoL — Boulenger, 1912: 26 (Bukit Timah).—T.H. Ng & K.K.P. Lim, 2010: 125.

Remarks. Hanitsch (1910) described receiving a live specimen of P. megacephalum caught near Bukit Timah, which Boulenger (1912) believed was likely introduced from China. This is most likely ZRC.2.209 at LKCNHM, which was collected on 5 October 1909. Platysternon megacephalum is native to China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam (TTWG 2021).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Singapore (no locality) : ZRC.2.209 (05-Oct-1909) .

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Family Podocnemididae Cope, 1868 (1 species)

Genus Podocnemis Wagler, 1830 (1 species)

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

ZRC

Zoological Reference Collection, National University of Singapore

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Reptilia

Order

Testudines

Family

Platysternidae

Genus

Platysternon

Loc

Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P. 2023
2023
Loc

Platysternon megacephalum

Boulenger, G. A. 1912: 26
1912
Loc

Platysternum megacephalum

Hanitsch, R. 1910: 7
1910
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