Enigmatic leaf turtle

Cyclemys enigmatica, also known as the enigmatic leaf turtle, is a species of Asian leaf turtle.[1][3][4] It is found in the Greater Sunda Islands and the Malay Peninsula.[1]

Enigmatic leaf turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cyclemys
Species:
C. enigmatica
Binomial name
Cyclemys enigmatica
Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdörfer, 2008
Cyclemys enigmatica range map.

Description

In the enigmatic leaf turtle, the carapace is dark brown and slightly reddish, ovoid, and lacks patterns in adults. The plastron is dark brown to black with or without dense, black, radiating patterns. The head is tan to a light reddish-brown in color. The throat and neck are uniformly dark. The bridge is dark brown to black. Hatchlings lack head and neck stripes and have brownish, mottled plastrons.[5]

Distribution

Its geographic range overlaps with C. dentata.[6] It is found in southern Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand, Malaysia), Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia), and Java and Sumatra (Indonesia).[1][4]

See also

References
  1. As-singkily, M.; Guntoro, J.; Kusrini, M.D.; Hamidy, A. (2021). "Cyclemys enigmatica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T170505A1315402. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T170505A1315402.en. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin AGJ, van Dijk PP, Iverson JB, Shaffer HB) (2010). "Turtles of the world, 2010 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status". In: Rhodin AGJ, Pritchard PCH, van Dijk PP, Saumure RA, Buhlmann KA, Iverson JB, Mittermeier RA (editors) (2010). "Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group". Chelonian Research Monographs (5): 000.85–000.164, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010
  4. Cyclemys enigmatica at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 May 2022.
  5. Fritz, U.; Guicking, D.; Auer, M.; Sommer, R. S.; Wink, M. & Hundsdrfer, A. K. (2008). "Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life?" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 37 (4): 367–390. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00332.x. S2CID 85899075.
  6. Hoogmoed, M.S.; Gassó Miracle, M.E. & van den Hoek Ostende, L.W. (2002). "Type specimens of recent and fossil Testudines and Crocodylia in the collections of the Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands". Zoologische Mededelingen. 84 (8): 159–199. Retrieved March 28, 2011.
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