Black-breasted leaf turtle

Black-breasted leaf turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Geoemydidae
Genus:Geoemyda
Species: G. spengleri
Binomial name
Geoemyda spengleri
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms[2]
  • Testudo spengleri
    Gmelin, 1789
  • Emys spengleri
    — Schweigger, 1812
  • Geoemyda spengleri
    — Gray, 1834
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) spengleri
    — Fitzinger, 1835
  • Nicoria spengleri
    — Gray, 1856
  • Geomyda spengleri
    — Mell, 1929
  • Geoemyda spengleri sinensis
    Fan, 1931
  • Geoemyda spengleri spengleri
    — Pope, 1934

The black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri ), also commonly called the Vietnamese leaf turtle or the black-breasted hill turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Geographic range

G. spengleri is found in the wild in China, Vietnam [1] and Laos.[3]

Etymology

The specific name, spengleri, is in honor of Danish naturalist Lorenz Spengler.[4]

Domestic pet

G. spengleri is sometimes kept as a pet.

References

  1. 1 2 Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Geoemyda spengleri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T39552A97362363. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T39552A10247618.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 222–223. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Stuart BL, Hallam CD, Sayavong S, Nanthavong C, Sayaleng S, Vongsa O, Robichaud WG (2011). "Two Additions to the Turtle Fauna of Laos". Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 10: 113–116. doi:10.2744/CCB-0856.1.
  4. ↑ 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. (Geoemyda spengleri, p. 250).

Further reading

  • Wilke, Hartmut (1998). Tortoises and Box Turtles. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Hauppauge Inc.


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