Biology:Black-breasted leaf turtle
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Geoemyda |
| Species: | G. spengleri
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| Geoemyda spengleri (Gmelin, 1789)
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The black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri), also commonly called the Vietnamese leaf turtle or the black-breasted hill turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
Geographic range
G. spengleri is found in the wild in China , Vietnam[1] and Laos.[5]
Etymology
The specific name, spengleri, is in honor of Danish naturalist Lorenz Spengler.[6]
Endangerment
Through locality samples from the three Chinese provinces Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan, the G. spengleri is found to be one of the surviving species due to its secretive terrestrial mode of life and small size. They are seen going extinct due to overexploitation and large-scale habitat alteration. The G. spengleri is still present in many regions where other chelonian species are extinct or near extinct.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fong, J.; Hoang, H.; Li, P.; McCormack, T.; Rao, D.-Q.; Timmins, R.J.; Wang, L. (2020). "Geoemyda spengleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T39552A2929166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39552A2929166.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39552/2929166. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ↑ "Appendices | CITES". https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php.
- ↑ Gong, Shiping; Shi, Haitao; Mo, Yunming; Auer, Markus; Vargas-Ramirez, Mario; K. Hundsdörfer, Anna; Fritz, Uwe (2009). "Phylogeography of the endangered black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) and conservation implications for other chelonians". Amphibia-Reptilia 30 (1): 57–62. doi:10.1163/156853809787392711. https://brill.com/view/journals/amre/30/1/article-p57_7.xml?ebody=pdf-63199. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 222–223. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
- ↑ "Two Additions to the Turtle Fauna of Laos". Chelonian Conservation and Biology 10: 113–116. 2011. doi:10.2744/CCB-0856.1.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Geoemyda spengleri, p. 250).
Further reading
- Wilke, Hartmut (1998). Tortoises and Box Turtles. New York: Barron's Educational Series, Hauppauge Inc.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1074139 entry
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