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)
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- 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apparently considered only juveniles; the adults of M. mutica and A. annamensis are distinctly different (Iverson, unpublished), although apparently closely related.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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