Animalia > Chordata > Testudines > Geoemydidae > Mauremys > Mauremys annamensisMauremys annamensis (Annam Leaf Turtle; Vietnamese pond turtle)Synonyms: Annamemys annamensis; Annamemys merkleni; Cyclemys annamensis; Ocadia glyphistoma (heterotypic) The Vietnamese pond turtle or Annam leaf turtle (Mauremys annamensis) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It can be distinguished from its relatives by its color pattern: the head is dark with three or four yellow stripes down the side. The plastron (belly shield) is firmly attached, yellow or orange, with a black blotch on each scute. |
Maximum Longevity [1] | 24 years |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
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Indo-Burma |
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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