Sulawesi forest turtle
Sulawesi forest turtle | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
Genus: | Leucocephalon , , & , 2000 |
Species: | L. yuwonoi
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Binomial name | |
Leucocephalon yuwonoi (McCord, Iverson & , 1995)
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Synonyms[2][3] | |
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The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon.[2] It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.
Etymology[]
The specific name, yuwonoi, is in honor of Indonesian herpetologist (born 1958).[4]
Habitat[]
The preferred natural habitats of L. yuwonoi are freshwater swamps and rivers.[1][3]
Conservation[]
As of 2016 The Riverview Zoo in Peterborough, Ontario, had managed to hatch two Sulawesi forest turtles.[5]
See also[]
- Forsten's tortoise (Indotestudo forstenii) – another threatened turtle endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Leucocephalon yuwonoi (errata version published in 2016)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T40761A97369570. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T40761A10363014.en. Downloaded on 26 January 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 226–227. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Species Leucocephalon yuwonoi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ , , (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Leucocephalon yuwonoi, p. 292).
- ^ "A Sulawesi Forest Turtle Hatched at Riverview Park & Zoo".
Further reading[]
- (2008). "The world's extant turtle species, Part 1". Emys 15 (3): 4–32. (Notochelys yuwonoi, new combination, p. 10).
- , (1996). "Zur Kenntnis der Celebes-Erdschildkröte, Heosemys yuwonoi (McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995)". Herpetofauna 18 (102): 27–34. (Heosemys yuwonoi, new combination). (in German).
- , , (1995). "A New Batagurid Turtle from Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia". Chelonian Conservation and Biology 1 (4): 311–316. (Geoemyda yuwonoi, new species).
- McCord WP, Iverson JB, , (2000). "A new genus of geoemydid turtle from Asia". Hamadryad 25 (2): 20–24. (Leucocephalon, new genus; L. yuwonoi, new combination).
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Geoemydidae
- Reptiles of Indonesia
- Reptiles described in 1995
- Turtle stubs