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Myanmar brown leaf turtle
CITES Appendix II ( CITES) [2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cyclemys
Species:
C. fusca
Binomial name
Cyclemys fusca
Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdörfer, 2008
Cyclemys fusca range map

The Myanmar brown leaf turtle (Cyclemys fusca) is a species of Asian leaf turtle found in Myanmar. [1] [3] [4]

Description

Its carapace is dark brown, ovoid, and lacks patterns in adults. The plastron is dark brown to black with or without dense, black, radiating lines. The head is greenish yellow. The throat and neck are uniformly dark. The bridge is dark brown to black. [5] [6]

Distribution

Myanmar brown leaf turtle is widespread in Myanmar, [1] and perhaps occurs in adjacent India and Bangladesh. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Platt, K.; Praschag, P.; Horne, B.D. (2021). "Cyclemys fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T170506A1315427. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T170506A1315427.en. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  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
  4. ^ a b Cyclemys fusca at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 May 2022.
  5. ^ Fritz, U.; Guicking, D.; Auer, M.; Sommer, R. S.; Wink, M. & Hundsdrfer, A. K. (2008). "Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life?" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 37 (4): 367–390. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00332.x. S2CID  85899075.
  6. ^ Praschag, Peter; Hundsdörfer, Anna K. & Fritz, Uwe (2009). "Further specimens and phylogenetic position of the recently described leaf turtle species Cyclemys gemeli (Testudines: Geoemydidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 29 (37): 29–37. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
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