Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Yellow-Headed Temple Turtle
Common Names in German:
Tempelschildkröte
Description
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Habitat
Ecology: Semi-aquatic[1]
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Order:
Testudines
()
- Family:
Geoemydidae or Bataguridae
()
- Genus:
Heosemys
()
- Specific name:
annandalii
- Boulenger
- Scientific name: - Heosemys annandalii Boulenger
- Specific name:
annandalii
- Boulenger
- Genus:
Heosemys
(
- Family:
Geoemydidae or Bataguridae
(
- Order:
Testudines
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Cyclemys annandalii Boulenger 1903
- Heosemys annandalii — Diesmos Et Al. 2005
- Hieremys annandalei — Smith 1916
- Hieremys annandalii — Cox Et Al. 1998: 126
- Hieremys annandalii — Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 449
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Heosemys
There are approximately 5 species in this genus:
H. annandalii (Yellow-Headed Temple Turtle) · H. depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle) · H. grandis (Giant Asian Pond Turtle) · H. leytensis (Philippine Pond Turtle) · H. spinosa (Sunburst Turtle)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Boulenger (1903) Fasciculi Malayensis, Zool., 1: 130-176.
- Cox et al. (1998) Phot. Guide Snakes Rept. Penins. Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand.
- Diesmos et al. (2005) Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56(3):31-41.
- Ernst & Barbour (1989) Turtles of the World.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group and Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 2000. Changes to 1996 IUCN Red List Status of Asian Turtle Species. In: P.P. van Dijk, B.L. Stuart and A.G.J. Rhodin (eds). Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia, pp.156-164. Chelonian Research Monographs 2. Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, Massachusetts, USA.
- Lehr et al. (2003) Reptilia (GB) (30): 64-71
- Manthey & Grossmann (1997) Amph. & Rep. Südostasiens. NTV (Münster)
- McCord et al. (2003) Reptilia (GB) (30): 34-38
- Schilde (2004) Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 192 pp.
Notes
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Contributors
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10240391
- IUCN ID: 10041
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963292
Footnotes
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
