Malayan snail-eating turtle


The Malayan snail-eating turtle is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.

Distribution

The Malayan snail-eating turtle is found in the Cambodia, Myanmar, west Malaysia and Thailand.

Description

The Malayan snail-eating turtle has the basic freshwater turtle characteristics to represent an animal model when it comes to developmental biology. Females grow to have prominently larger heads than males. Those with large heads and other particular functions are fitted to diets including predominantly molluscs.