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Amyda cartilaginea Boddaert, 1770

The Southeast Asian Softshell Turtle, Amyda cartilaginea (Family Trionychidae), also known as Asiatic Softshell Turtle or Black-rayed Soft-shelled Turtle is generally found in all the nations of Southeast Asia, except for the Philippines (Va...

Ng Chiao Ying • 15 March 2022 • 7811 views

Dermochelys coriacea Vandelli, 1761

Sea turtles, also called marine turtles, are well-known sea creatures that have lived on earth for more than 100 million years. There are seven species of sea turtles in the world and four of them nest in Malaysia (Kemf et al., 2000).

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Dr. Chen Pelf Nyok • 31 December 2019 • 7564 views

Siebenrockiella crassicollis Gray, 1831

Siebenrockiella crassicollis is a hard shelled turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

Mr. Tan Kok Kiat & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 16 March 2018 • 5401 views

Trachemys scripta elegans Schoepff, 1792

Trachemys scripta elegans is a turtle species belonging to the family Emydidae.

Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 31 March 2017 • 5046 views

Today, there are less than 200 Malayan tigers left in our country.

#SaveOurMalayanTiger. Visit www.harimau.my

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