Both the
specific name, oldhamii, and the
common name, Oldham's leaf turtle, are in honor of
Thomas Oldham, Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India.[5] The generic name Cyclemys comes from the Greek κύκλος (kyklos, meaning 'round' or 'circle', referring to the shape of the carapace) and εμύς (emys; 'freshwater turtle').[6]
Geographic range
C. oldhamii is found in
Bangladesh, in the
terai of
mizoram, in
Myanmar,
Thailand,
Vietnam, West
Borneo,
Sumatra and
Java. In addition, Cyclemys oldhami shanensis – sometimes considered a distinct species due to its shell pattern, oft described as looking similar to aged meat - occurs from central Myanmar to Thailand and
Cambodia. The
type locality was originally given as "Mergui and Siam", and restricted to
Mergui by Smith (1931).[7]
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Lehr, E. (1997). "Revision der südostasiatischen Dornschildkröten-Gattung Cyclemys Bell 1834, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art ". Salamandra33 (3): 183–212. (in German).
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Schilde, M. (2003). "Die Dornschildkröten der Gattung Cyclemys BELL, 1834 ". Draco4 (13): 37–42. (in German).