Big Headed Turtle

Platysternon megacephalum Gray 1831

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Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed turtle) is a species of turtle in the family big-headed turtles. It is listed as endangered by IUCN. It is found in the Palearctic and the Indo-Malayan Realm. It is an omnivore.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/endangered
Definition: A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q106447

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/IndoMalayan
Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
Definition: organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals

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EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

ecomorphological guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/EcomorphologicalGuild
- Definition: organisms that share certain morphological traits due to adaptation to similar environments and ecological roles
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aquatic adapted
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/aquatic
- Definition: organism that is adapted to life in the water
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
- Definition: The organism inhabits this environment or ecoregion.
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montane
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000342
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motility
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33596
- Definition: ability to move spontaneously and actively, consuming energy in the process
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actively mobile
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/activelyMobile
- Definition: Organisms that move habitually, of their own volition.
- Attribution: http://paleodb.org/public/tips/ecology_tips.html
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reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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oviparous
- URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Oviparous
- Definition: Egg laying; producing eggs that are laid and hatch externally (Lincoln et al., 1998).
- Attribution: Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Oviparous
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trophic level
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicLevel
- Definition: The position an organism occupies in a food chain.
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omnivore
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q164509
- Definition: organism consuming a variety of foods, usually including both plants and animals
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Big-headed turtle includes 5 children:

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