Platysternon
The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from Southeast Asia and southern China. For Madagascar see Madagascan big-headed turtle.
2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species
big-headed turtle
speciesPlatysternon megacephalum
Burmese Big-headed Turtle
speciesPlatysternon peguense
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39687.