Enigmatic leaf turtle
| Enigmatic leaf turtle | |
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| File:Cyclemys sp.001.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Cyclemys |
| Species: | C. enigmatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclemys enigmatica Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdörfer, 2008
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| File:Cyclemys enigmatica distribution map.png | |
| Cyclemys enigmatica range map | |
Cyclemys enigmatica, also known as the enigmatic leaf turtle, is a species of Asian leaf turtle.[1][3][4] It is found in the Greater Sunda Islands and the Malay Peninsula.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]In the enigmatic leaf turtle, the carapace is dark brown and slightly reddish, ovoid, and lacks patterns in adults. The plastron is dark brown to black with or without dense, black, radiating patterns. The head is tan to a light reddish-brown in color. The throat and neck are uniformly dark. The bridge is dark brown to black. Hatchlings lack head and neck stripes and have brownish, mottled plastrons.[5]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Its geographic range overlaps with C. dentata.[6] It is found in southern Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand, Malaysia), Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia), and Java and Sumatra (Indonesia).[1][4]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin AGJ, van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shaffer HB) (2010). "Turtles of the world, 2010 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status". In: Rhodin AGJ, Pritchard PCH, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Iverson JB, Mittermeier RA (editors) (2010). "Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group". Chelonian Research Monographs (5): 000.85–000.164, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Cyclemys enigmatica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 May 2022.
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