Giant Asian pond turtle
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| Giant Asian pond turtle | |
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| Giant Asian pond turtle in Singapore Zoo | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Heosemys |
| Species: | H. grandis |
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| Heosemys grandis (Gray, 1860)[1] |
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The giant Asian pond turtle (Heosemys grandis) inhabits rivers, streams, marshes, and rice paddies from estuarine lowlands to moderate altitudes (up to about 400 m) throughout Cambodia and Vietnam and in parts of Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Artner, H. (2008). "The World's Extant Turtle Species". Emys (Chelonia 2002 - Turtle Center) 15 (3). http://www.chelonia2002.com/ownimages/artnerchecklist.pdf. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
- ^ Turtle taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., van Dijk, P.P, Iverson, J.B., and Shaffer, H.B.).2010. Turtles of the world, 2010 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5. pp. 000.85-000.164, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010
[edit] External links
- Heosemys grandis Species Description (on Heosemys.org)
- Asian Turtle Conservation Network Page
- Asian Turtle Consortium Page
- London Zoo Page
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