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Giant Asian pond turtle
Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sauropsida
Order:
Testudines
Suborder:
Cryptodira
Superfamily:
Testudinoidea
Family:
Geoemydidae
Genus:
Heosemys
Species:
H. grandis
Binomial name
Heosemys grandis
(Gray, 1860)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Geoemyda grandis Gray, 1860
  • Clemmys grandis Strauch, 1862
  • Heosemys grandis Stejneger, 1902

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.[3]

  • Heosemys grandis (adult, carapace) - Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
    Heosemys grandis (adult, carapace) - Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
  • Heosemys grandis (adult, plastron) - Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi.
    Heosemys grandis (adult, plastron) - Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi.
  • Heosemys grandis (juvenile) - Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
    Heosemys grandis (juvenile) - Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
  • Heosemys grandis (juvenile, carapace) - Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
    Heosemys grandis (juvenile, carapace) - Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
  • Heosemys grandis (juvenile, plastron) - Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
    Heosemys grandis (juvenile, plastron) - Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
  • Giant Asian pond turtle in Singapore Zoo
    Giant Asian pond turtle in Singapore Zoo

References

  1. ^ Artner, H. (2008). "The World's Extant Turtle Species" (PDF). Emys. 15 (3). Chelonia 2002 - Turtle Center. Retrieved March 27, 2011. {{cite journal}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 224. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ^ 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


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