EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Hieremys annandalii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Hieremys (Yellow-headed Temple Turtles)
species..............Hieremys annandalii (Yellow-headed Temple Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Boulenger 1903 : 142
- Syntypes
- (3 specimens) BMNH 1947.3.5.62; BMNH 1946.1.22.67; BMNH 1946.1.22.68
- Type Locality
- "Kampong Jalor" [Patani, Malaya]
- Original name
- Cyclemys annandalii
- Common Name
- Yellow-headed Temple Turtle
- Distribution
- Vietnam to Thailand to the northern Malay Peninsula
- Comments
- The species name has been erroneously spelled annandalei by some authors (e.g., Smith, 1916:50). Reviewed by Smith (1931), Bourret (1941), and Taylor (1970).
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