Table 1:
Platysternon megacephalum
subspecies
Subspecies
Range
Date described
P. m. megacephalum
Southern China
1831
P. m. peguense
Southern Burma and Thailand
1870
P. m. vogeli
Northwest Thailand
1969
P. m. tristernalis
Yunnan Province, China
1984
P. m. shiui
North Vietnam
1987