Burmese eyed turtle

Burmese eyed turtle
Lithograph from 1878
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Morenia
Species:	M. ocellata
Binomial name
Morenia ocellata (Duméril & Bibron, 1835)
Synonyms
Emys ocellata Duméril & Bibron, 1835 Batagur (Kachuga) ocellata Gray, 1856 Emys berdmorei Blyth, 1859 Emys berdmorii Blyth, 1859 (ex errore) Clemmys ocellata Strauch, 1862 Batagur berdmorii Blyth, 1863 Batagur berdmoreii Theobald, 1868 (ex errore) Kachuga berdmoorei Gray, 1869 (ex errore) Morenia berdmorei Gray, 1870 Morenia ocellata Gray, 1870 Batagur berdmorei Boulenger, 1889 Kachuga berdmorei Boulenger, 1889

The Burmese eyed turtle (Morenia ocellata), also known as the Bengal eyed terrapin, Burmese peacock turtle or swamp turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae of southern Asia.

Distribution and habitat

It is endemic to Burma and possibly in Yunnan, China.

Population features

M. ocellata's population is considered to be declining because of its decrease in the food market. From 1996 to 1997, the Burmese eyed turtle represented 10 tons per day of food at its peak season, but then vanished from markets in 1998.

References

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01.