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Siamese Narrow-headed Soft-shell Turtle
A Siamese or Striped Narrow-headed Soft-shell Turtle, also known as Giant Thai Soft-shell Turtle and Burmese, in Chiang Mai Zoo. In Thai it is known as taphaab mahn laai.
Measuring up to 140 centimeters and weighing around 150 kilograms, it is allegedly the largest known Soft-shell Turtle in the world.
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