Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A few sequences of the snail-eating turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga) eating their favorite food - snails.
Filmed in the Museum Koenig, Bonn (Germany).
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General Information on Malayemys subtrijuga:
"The Mekong snail-eating turtle (Malayemys subtrijuga) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It was monotypic within the genus Malayemys until Brophy (2004, 2005) reevaluated (based on morphology) Malayemys macrocephala (Gray, 1859), which has been long time considered to be a synonym of M. subtrijuga.
The Mekong snail-eating turtle is found in the Mekong River basin of Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam, and Thailand and the northern Malay Peninsula, and Java, Indonesia. It could have been introduced to Java via human intervention from the Mekong River Basin. The occurrence of the species in Indonesia is regarded by Brophy (2005) to be allochthonous, i.e., non-native (Sumatra) or extinct (Java)."
Wikipedia contributors. (2019, October 28). Mekong snail-eating turtle. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:44, April 19, 2020, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mekong_snail-eating_turtle&oldid=923352967
Filmed with an Olympus TG-2 Tough Edition
Song: Potato Deal by Craig MacArthur
A few sequences of the snail-eating turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga) eating their favorite food - snails.
Filmed in the Museum Koenig, Bonn (Germany).
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General Information on Malayemys subtrijuga:
"The Mekong snail-eating turtle (Malayemys subtrijuga) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It was monotypic within the genus Malayemys until Brophy (2004, 2005) reevaluated (based on morphology) Malayemys macrocephala (Gray, 1859), which has been long time considered to be a synonym of M. subtrijuga.
The Mekong snail-eating turtle is found in the Mekong River basin of Cambodia, Laos, southern Vietnam, and Thailand and the northern Malay Peninsula, and Java, Indonesia. It could have been introduced to Java via human intervention from the Mekong River Basin. The occurrence of the species in Indonesia is regarded by Brophy (2005) to be allochthonous, i.e., non-native (Sumatra) or extinct (Java)."
Wikipedia contributors. (2019, October 28). Mekong snail-eating turtle. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14:44, April 19, 2020, from en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mekong_snail-eating_turtle&oldid=923352967
Filmed with an Olympus TG-2 Tough Edition
Song: Potato Deal by Craig MacArthur
