EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Morenia ocellata
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Morenia (Eyed Turtle)
species..............Morenia ocellata (Burmese Eyed Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Duméril and Bibron 1835 : 329
- Syntypes
- (3 specimens) MNHN 9167-69
- Type Locality
- "Bengale" (in error)
- Original name
- Emys ocellata
- Common Name
- Burmese Eyed Turtle
- Distribution
- Southern Burma
- Comments
- Reviewed by Smith (1931) and Bourret (1941).
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