Big Headed Turtles

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Indigenous to southeast Asia and southern China, the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a water-dwelling reptile reported to even climb trees. It is consumed in Asia as a food item, and this has caused it to become endangered in the wild.

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Scott Bradley

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Indigenous to southeast Asia and southern China, the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a water-dwelling reptile reported to even climb trees. It is consumed in Asia as a food item, and this has caused it to become endangered in the wild.

Big-headed Turtle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from the Southeast Asia and southern China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-headed_turtle
Big-headed Turtle - Platysternon megacephalum - ARKive

The most distinctive feature of the aptly named big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is its enormous, triangular head.
http://www.arkive.org/big-headed-turtle/platysternon-megacephalum/
Madagascar Big-Headed Turtle - ARKive

Tortoises and turtles are among the oldest of all living reptiles having appeared about 250 million years ago. They have evolved little since then and their ancient appearance and unique biology fascinates biologists.
http://www.arkive.org/madagascar-big-headed-turtle/erymnochelys-madagascariensis/
ADW: Big-headed Turtle - Platysternon megacephalum

This species is distributed throughout southeastern Asia. It occurs in southern China (including Hainan Island), southwest through northern Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, and northern Thailand to southern Burma.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Platysternon_megacephalum/
Madagascar Big-headed Turtle - Dallas World Aquarium

The Madagascar big-headed turtle gets its name from the size of its head. Most turtles are able to retract their head all the way into the shell, but due to the size of the head, it cannot be retracted completely.
http://www.dwazoo.com/animal/madagascar-big-headed-turtle/
Vietnamese Big-headed Turtle - Saint Louis Zoo

This animal is well-named. Its head is half the width of its shell - too large to be pulled in for protection. Instead, its skull has a bony "roof" that extends down the sides of the face.
http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/reptiles/turtlesandtortoises/vietnamesebigheadedturtle
Chinese Big-headed Turtle - Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium in Downtown Chattanooga TN is located on the Chattanooga Riverfront. Voted the best of all Chattanooga attractions, the Tennessee Aquarium offers 10,000 aquatic animals, new IMAX Movies and the most thrilling Chattanooga river boat cruises on the Tennessee River.
http://www.tnaqua.org/our-animals/reptiles/chinese-big-headed-turtle
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Big Headed Turtles

The big-headed turtle is appropriately named. Its head is so large that it cannot be withdrawn into its shell.
http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop16/big-headed-turtle.html
Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle)

Considered Endangered due to specific trade demand in Lao and Viet Nam. It may be either Vulnerable or Endangered in China.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17585/0

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Big-headed turtle

A big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Platysternidae Gray, 1869^[3]
Genus:	Platysternon Gray, 1831^[3]
Species:	P. megacephalum
Binomial name
*Platysternon megacephalum* Gray, 1831 ^[3]
Synonyms^[4]
Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831 Platisternon megacephalus Gray, 1834 Platysternon megacephalus Gray, 1835 Emys megacephala Schlegel, 1838 Platysternon magacephalum Fitzinger, 1843 (ex errore) Platysternum megacephalum Boulenger, 1889 Platysternon platycephalum Mertens, 1959 (ex errore) Platysternum megalocephalum Stanek, 1959 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Wermuth, 1960 Platysternon magacephalum megacephalum Pritchard, 1979 Platysternon megacephalum tristernalis Schleich & Gruber, 1984 Platysternon megacephalum tristornalis Alderton, 1988 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum peguense Platysternon peguense Gray, 1870 Platysternon megacephalum peguense Wermuth, 1960 Platysternon megacephalum vogeli Wermuth, 1969 Platysternon megacephalum penguense Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum penuense Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum peguensis Sharma, 1998 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum shiui Platysternon megacephalum shiui Ernst & McCord, 1987

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Big-headed Turtle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from the Southeast Asia and southern China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big-headed_turtle
Big-headed Turtle - Platysternon megacephalum - ARKive

The most distinctive feature of the aptly named big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is its enormous, triangular head.
http://www.arkive.org/big-headed-turtle/platysternon-megacephalum/
Madagascar Big-Headed Turtle - ARKive

Tortoises and turtles are among the oldest of all living reptiles having appeared about 250 million years ago. They have evolved little since then and their ancient appearance and unique biology fascinates biologists.
http://www.arkive.org/madagascar-big-headed-turtle/erymnochelys-madagascariensis/
ADW: Big-headed Turtle - Platysternon megacephalum

This species is distributed throughout southeastern Asia. It occurs in southern China (including Hainan Island), southwest through northern Vietnam, Laos, Kampuchea, and northern Thailand to southern Burma.
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Platysternon_megacephalum/
Madagascar Big-headed Turtle - Dallas World Aquarium

The Madagascar big-headed turtle gets its name from the size of its head. Most turtles are able to retract their head all the way into the shell, but due to the size of the head, it cannot be retracted completely.
http://www.dwazoo.com/animal/madagascar-big-headed-turtle/
Vietnamese Big-headed Turtle - Saint Louis Zoo

This animal is well-named. Its head is half the width of its shell - too large to be pulled in for protection. Instead, its skull has a bony "roof" that extends down the sides of the face.
http://www.stlzoo.org/animals/abouttheanimals/reptiles/turtlesandtortoises/vietnamesebigheadedturtle
Chinese Big-headed Turtle - Tennessee Aquarium

The Tennessee Aquarium in Downtown Chattanooga TN is located on the Chattanooga Riverfront. Voted the best of all Chattanooga attractions, the Tennessee Aquarium offers 10,000 aquatic animals, new IMAX Movies and the most thrilling Chattanooga river boat cruises on the Tennessee River.
http://www.tnaqua.org/our-animals/reptiles/chinese-big-headed-turtle
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Big Headed Turtles

The big-headed turtle is appropriately named. Its head is so large that it cannot be withdrawn into its shell.
http://www.fws.gov/international/cites/cop16/big-headed-turtle.html
Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle)

Considered Endangered due to specific trade demand in Lao and Viet Nam. It may be either Vulnerable or Endangered in China.
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17585/0

Big-headed turtle

A big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)^[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Platysternidae Gray, 1869^[3]
Genus:	Platysternon Gray, 1831^[3]
Species:	P. megacephalum
Binomial name
*Platysternon megacephalum* Gray, 1831 ^[3]
Synonyms^[4]
Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Platysternon megacephalum Gray, 1831 Platisternon megacephalus Gray, 1834 Platysternon megacephalus Gray, 1835 Emys megacephala Schlegel, 1838 Platysternon magacephalum Fitzinger, 1843 (ex errore) Platysternum megacephalum Boulenger, 1889 Platysternon platycephalum Mertens, 1959 (ex errore) Platysternum megalocephalum Stanek, 1959 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum megacephalum Wermuth, 1960 Platysternon magacephalum megacephalum Pritchard, 1979 Platysternon megacephalum tristernalis Schleich & Gruber, 1984 Platysternon megacephalum tristornalis Alderton, 1988 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum peguense Platysternon peguense Gray, 1870 Platysternon megacephalum peguense Wermuth, 1960 Platysternon megacephalum vogeli Wermuth, 1969 Platysternon megacephalum penguense Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum penuense Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum peguensis Sharma, 1998 (ex errore) Platysternon megacephalum shiui Platysternon megacephalum shiui Ernst & McCord, 1987

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Big Headed Turtles

Indigenous to southeast Asia and southern China, the big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a water-dwelling reptile reported to even climb trees. It is consumed in Asia as a food item, and this has caused it to become endangered in the wild.

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