| Big-headed turtle
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| A big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum)
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Chordata
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Reptilia
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| Order:
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Testudines
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| Suborder:
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Cryptodira
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| Superfamily:
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Testudinoidea
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| Family:
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Platysternidae
Gray, 1869
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| Genus:
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Platysternon
Gray, 1831
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| Species:
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P. megacephalum
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| Binomial name
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Platysternon megacephalum
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| Synonyms
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- 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
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The big-headed turtle (Platysternon megacephalum) is a species of turtle in the family Platysternidae from Southeast Asia and southern China.