EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Cyclemys tcheponensis


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Cyclemys (Asian Leaf Turtles)
species..............Cyclemys tcheponensis (Stripe-necked Leaf Turtle)
Original Description
Bourret 1939 : 7
Holotype
NUH T-43; illustrated in the original description.
Type Locality
"Haute Sé-Bang-Hien, (centre de la Chaîne annamitique)" [Vietnam]
Original name
Geoemyda tcheponensis
Common Name
Stripe-necked Leaf Turtle
Distribution
Thailand to Vietnam
Comments
Synonymous with Cyclemys dentata according to McDowell (1964) and Das (1991), but removed from that synonymy by McMorris (1976). Reviewed by Bourret (1941; as Geoemyda tcheponensis).
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