Century turtle
Orlitia borneensis Gray, 1873
Status not recordedturtles and tortoises
The century turtle (Orlitia borneensis) is a species in the family Geoemydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults weigh about 12.4 kg. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Malaysia.
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Quick facts about the century turtle
- Weight
- 12.4 kgsrc for Weight
- Length
- up to 80 cmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Carnivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Egg incubation
- 151 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 12src for Young per litter or clutch
- Reproduction
- Eggssrc for Reproduction
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 1 countrysrc for Countries on record
Where does the century turtle live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The century turtle is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the century turtle as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the century turtle endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the century turtle classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classReptilia
- orderTestudines
- familyGeoemydidae
- genusOrlitia
- SpeciesOrlitia borneensis Gray, 1873
Synonyms Adelochelys crassa, Batagur signatus, Brookeia baileyi, Cistudo borneensis, Clemmys gibbera, Hardella baileyi, Liemys inornata
Other names and names in other languages (15)
- Bornean river turtleEnglish
- Malayan giant turtleEnglish
- Malaysian giant turtleEnglish
- orlicie bornejskáCzech
- Borneo-flodskildpaddeDanish
- Borneo FlussschildkröteGerman
- Borneo-FlussschildkröteGerman
- borneói folyamiteknősHungarian
- BiukuIndonesian
- BajukuIndonesian
- ボルネオカワガメJapanese
- Borneose rivierschildpadDutch
- Maleisische reuzenmoerasschildpadDutch
- Калимантанская черепахаRussian
- 馬來西亞巨龜/澤巨龜Chinese
Relatives of the century turtle
Other species in the same genus Orlitia.
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the century turtle?
An adult century turtle weighs 12.4 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the century turtle live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the century turtle for 1 country: Malaysia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the century turtle an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the century turtle as introduced in 1 country: Singapore, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the century turtle?
The century turtle (Orlitia borneensis) belongs to the family Geoemydidae in the order Testudines.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles · CC BY 4.0 · v1-2
Oskyrko, O., Mi, C., Meiri, S. et al. (2024) ReptTraits: a comprehensive dataset of ecological traits in reptiles. Scientific Data 11: 243. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03079-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.24572683.v4
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