Malaysian Giant Turtle
The Malaysian giant turtle is the largest of the freshwater turtles and can weigh anywhere between 36 kg to 50 kg or more with a shell length of about 80 cm The majority of these animals are dark colored the shells being black brown or dark gray and not patterned The neck limbs and tail are the same black brown or gray The head is dark with a single light colored line starting from the mouth and extending to the back of the head The bottom of the shell is yellowish or a light brown The shell is narrow flat and oval shaped The top is rounded and smooth The head is large and broad with a slight protruding snout This turtle has webbed toes fingers and outer forelimbs with band like scales on them and a carapace and plastron that are strongly joined together The female s tail is shorter and thinner than the male s tail There are several differences between the shell of a young Orlitia borneensis and the grown adult The young shell is higher and peaked and gets more flat narrow and smooth as it gets older
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