EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Mauremys annamensis


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
species..............Mauremys annamensis (Annam Leaf Turtle)
Original Description
Siebenrock 1903a : 341
Holotype
NMW 23394
Type Locality
"Annam (Phuc-Son)" [= southwest of Tourane (= Da Nang), central Annam, Vietnam]
Original name
Cyclemys annamensis
Common Name
Annam Leaf Turtle
Distribution
Known only from central Vietnam
Comments
The synonymy of this taxon with Mauremys (= Chinemys) nigricans (actually Mauremys mutica) by McDowell (1964) was incorrect according to Pritchard (1979) and Iverson and McCord (1989). McDowell apparently considered only juveniles; the adults of M. mutica and A. annamensis are distinctly different (Iverson, unpublished), although apparently closely related. Reviewed by Smith (1931; as Cyclemys annamensis), Bourret (1941; as Cyclemys annamensis and Annamemys merkleni) and Savage (1953).
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