Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Geoemydidae Bibliography of the genus Notochelys Biodiversity of the family Geoemydidae Genus Notochelys Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle Plattrückenschildkröte Malayisk Fladskjoldet Skildpadde 1863 Notochelys Gray (type species: Emys platynota Gray 1834) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Distribution: As for the single species. Notochelys platynota Malayan Flat-shelled Turtle, Malayan Flat-backed Turtle, Purple-bellied Terrapin, Spotted-shelled Turtle, Broad-backed Terrapin Plattrückenschildkröte Malayisk Fladskjoldet Skildpadde 1834 Emys platynota Gray Cyclemys platynota Gray 1856 Notochelys platynota Gray 1863 1881 Cyclemys giebelii Hubrecht (Fritz & Havas 2006) Remarks: Presence in Vietnam needs confirmation (Nguyen, Ho & Nguyen 2009), as it is only known from a single specimen (Bourret 1941). Distribution: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia (Bangka, Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, West Malaysia), Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand. Notochelys platynota © Henrik Bringsøe