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)
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- 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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