EMYSystem Genus Page: Geoemyda
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Geoemydidae ()
SubfamilySubfamily no_subfamily ()
GenusGenus Geoemyda (Leaf Turtles)
Species
range of genus Geoemyda
approximate range
G. depressa
G. japonica
G. leytensis
G. silvatica
G. spengleri
 
Original Description Gray 1834b : 100
Common name Leaf Turtles
Distribution southwestern India and Indochina to China and the Ryukyu Islands
Comments Tribe Geoemydini. Lorenz (1984) and Moll et al. (1987) discussed the composition of this genus and the genus Heosemys.
 
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