EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Geoemyda leytensis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Geoemyda (Leaf Turtles)
species..............Geoemyda leytensis (Philippine Pond Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Taylor 1920 : 131
- 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.
- Type Locality
- "Cabalian, southern Leyte" [Philippines]
- Original name
- Geoemyda leytensis
- Common Name
- Philippine Pond Turtle
- Distribution
- Leyte Island and Palawan Island, Philippines
- Comments
- Lorenz (1984) suggested that this species may be more properly placed in the genus Geoemyda.
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