What family does Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) belong to?

Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) (Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)) belongs to the family Trionychidae, order null, in the kingdom Animalia. You can identify it offline using the iNature app.

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Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809) is a animal in the Trionychidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Animalia

Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)

Dogania subplana is a soft-shell turtle found across Southeast Asia, living in clean rocky high-elevation streams.

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Family

Trionychidae

Genus

Dogania

Order

Class

Testudines

About Dogania subplana (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1809)

Size

Description: Adult Dogania subplana can reach a carapace length of 35 cm (13.7 in).

Body & Carapace Shape

They have a large, muscular head, and a flat carapace with straight sides.

Juvenile Markings

Juveniles have reddish coloring on the sides of the neck, along with a few round black ocelli (spots) on the carapace. These markings fade and become unclear as the turtles age.

Base Coloration

The species' base color ranges from medium to dark brown-green.

Diagnostic Traits

Like other members of the Trionychidae family, it has a long, tapered nose, and it has eight pairs of pleuralia.

Geographic Range

Geographic range: This species occurs in Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan), Malaysia (West Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak), Myanmar, the Philippines, and Singapore.