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Siebenrockiella crassicollis (Siamese Temple Turtle, Black Marsh Turtle)

Synonyms: Bellia crassilabris; Emys crassicollis; Emys crassilabris; Emys nigra; Pangshura cochinchinensis

Wikipedia Abstract

Siebenrockiella crassicollis (commonly known as black marsh turtle, smiling terrapin, and Siamese temple turtle, among others) is a freshwater turtle endemic to Southeast Asia. One of the two species classified under the genus Siebenrockiella in the Geoemydidae family. They are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, being one of the several Southeast Asian turtle species heavily exploited for the international wildlife trade, particularly for food and traditional medicine in the Chinese markets.
View Wikipedia Record: Siebenrockiella crassicollis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Siebenrockiella crassicollis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.072 lbs (940 g)
Female Weight [1]  2.072 lbs (940 g)
Gestation [1]  72 days
Litter Size [2]  1
Maximum Longevity [3]  17 years

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Berbak National Park II 423927 Sumatra, Indonesia
Cat Tien National Park II 188942 Viet Nam
Danau Sentarum National Park 347674 Kalimantan, Indonesia  
Khao Pra Bang Kram Wildlife Sanctuary IV 30009 Thailand  
Tonle Sap Biosphere Reserve VI 688326 Cambodia  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Sundaland Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand No

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Multicotyle purvisi[4]
Polystomoides renschi[4]
Uropolystomoides siebenrockiellae[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
2Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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