EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Heosemys
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Heosemys (Forest Turtles)
species
species list
H. grandis (Giant Asian Pond Turtle)
H. spinosa (Spiny Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Stejneger 1902b : 238
- Common Name
- Forest Turtles
- Distribution
- Burma to Vietnam and Malaya; Sumatra; Borneo; Java; Philippines
- Comments
- Tribe Geoemydini. Lorenz (1984) and Moll et al. (1987) discussed the species composition of this genus and the genus Geoemyda. Stejneger (1902b:238) cites himself (1902a:216) as author of the genus name.
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