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Original
Description |
Taylor 1920 : 131 |
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Type
Locality |
"Cabalian, southern Leyte" [Philippines] |
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Holotype |
"An unnumbered specimen in the zoölogical laboratory, University of the Philippines"; transferred to the Bureau of Science according to Taylor 1944:160 and destroyed (along with the paratype) during World War II; CAS 60930 designated neotype by Buskirk 1989:226. |
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Original name |
Geoemyda leytensis |
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Common
name |
Philippine Pond Turtle |
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Distribution |
Leyte Island and Palawan Island, Philippines |
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Comments |
Lorenz (1984) suggested that this species may be more properly placed in the genus Geoemyda. |
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