Yellow-headed temple turtle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Heosemys |
| Species: | H. annandalii
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The yellow-headed temple turtle (Heosemys annandalii) is a large species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The common name, "yellow-headed temple turtle", is derived from the fact that it is often found near Buddhist temples within its range.[citation needed]
The specific name, annandalii, is in honor of Scottish herpetologist Nelson Annandale.[3]
Description
H. annandalii may grow to over 20 in (51 cm) in straight carapace length.[citation needed]
Behavior
H. annandalii is aquatic, and is generally herbivorous.[citation needed]
Conservation status
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) suspended trade of yellow-headed temple turtles in July 2012.[4]
Geographic range
H. annandalii is found in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Myanmar.[1][2]
Captivity
H. annandalii may live in captivity for up to 35 years.[citation needed]
2 turtles were hatched in November 2019 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, OH. They were the first hatch-lings ever produced in captivity.
that is not true, heosemys annadali have been breed in captivity multiple time before, in the US and outside of it. Above: One of five yellow-headed temple turtles (Heosemys annandalii) that hatched in March/April 2013 at the TCC https://www.asianturtleprogram.org/pages/TCC/2013-04-H_annandalii_hatchlings/H_annandalii_2013.htm one of the many exemple
Parasites
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The leech Placobdelloides siamensis is an ectoparasite of this turtle.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Rhodin 2011, p. 000.190
- ^ a b Fritz 2007, p. 224
- ^ 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. (Hieremys annandalii, p. 9).
- ^ "Times-Tribune CITES 2012".
- ^ Chiangkul, Krittiya; Trivalairat, Poramad; Purivirojkul, Watchariya (2018). "Redescription of the Siamese shield leech Placobdelloides siamensis with new host species and geographic range". Parasite. 25: 56. doi:10.1051/parasite/2018056. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 6254108.
- Bibliography
- Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Iverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger (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 2012-01-22.
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1903). "Report on the Batrachians and Reptiles". pp. 131–178. In: Annandale N, Robinson HC (1903). Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-1902. Zoology, Part I. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co. for The University Press of Liverpool. 189 pp. (Cyclemys annandalii, new species, pp. 142–144 + Plates VII-VIII).
- Chan-ard, Tanya; Parr, John W.K.; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 314 pp. ISBN 978-0-19-973649-2 (hardcover), ISBN 978-0-19-973650-8 (paperback).
- Smith MA (1931). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. ("Hieremys annandalei [sic]", pp. 107–109, Figures 24-25).