Black-breasted leaf turtle
The black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri), also commonly called the Vietnamese leaf turtle or the black-breasted hill turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Geoemyda |
Species: | G. spengleri |
Binomial name | |
Geoemyda spengleri (Gmelin, 1789) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, spengleri, is in honor of Danish naturalist Lorenz Spengler.[4]
Domestic pet
G. spengleri is sometimes kept as a pet.
References
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Geoemyda spengleri (errata version published in 2016)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T39552A97362363. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39552A10247618.en. Downloaded on 01 June 2020.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 222–223. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- Stuart BL, Hallam CD, Sayavong S, Nanthavong C, Sayaleng S, Vongsa O, Robichaud WG (2011). "Two Additions to the Turtle Fauna of Laos". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 10: 113–116. doi:10.2744/CCB-0856.1.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geoemyda spengleri, p. 250).
Further reading
- Wilke, Hartmut (1998). Tortoises and Box Turtles. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Hauppauge Inc.
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