EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Geoemyda depressa
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Geoemyda (Leaf Turtles)
species..............Geoemyda depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Anderson 1875 : 284
- Holotype
- Possibly BMNH 87.3.30.1, but ZSI 751 according to Das pers. comm.
- Type Locality
- "Arakan" [Burma]; restricted to "Akyab, near Arakan" [Burma], by Smith (1931:95)
- Original name
- Geomyda depressa
- Common Name
- Arakan Forest Turtle
- Distribution
- Presumably the Arakan Hills, Burma (Myanmar), but not collected since its original discovery
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Geoemyda depressa) and Bourret (1941; as Geoemyda depressa).
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