EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Heosemys grandis


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Heosemys (Forest Turtles)
species..............Heosemys grandis (Giant Asian Pond Turtle)
Original Description
Gray 1860a : 218
Syntypes
(2 specimens) BMNH 1947.3.4.7; BMNH 1947.3.4.55, although the BMNH catalog records a third specimen (BMNH 1947.3.4.56) from "Pachebone" which may also be syntypical.
Type Locality
"Camboja" [= Kampuchea = Cambodia]
Original name
Geoemyda grandis
Common Name
Giant Asian Pond Turtle
Distribution
Burma to Vietnam and south through Malaya (Malaysia)
Comments
Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Geoemyda grandis), Bourret (1941; as Geoemyda grandis), and Taylor (1970).
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