Cyclemys_oldhami

Oldham's leaf turtle

Oldham's leaf turtle

Species of turtle

Oldham's leaf turtle (Cyclemys oldhamii) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.

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Etymology

Both the specific name, oldhamii, and the common name, Oldham's leaf turtle, are in honor of Thomas Oldham, Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India.[5] The generic name Cyclemys comes from the Greek κύκλος (kyklos, meaning 'round' or 'circle', referring to the shape of the carapace) and εμύς (emys; 'freshwater turtle').[6]

Geographic range

C. oldhamii is found in Bangladesh, in the terai of mizoram, in Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, West Borneo, Sumatra and Java. In addition, Cyclemys oldhami shanensis – sometimes considered a distinct species due to its shell pattern, oft described as looking similar to aged meat - occurs from central Myanmar to Thailand and Cambodia. The type locality was originally given as "Mergui and Siam", and restricted to Mergui by Smith (1931).[7]

Hybrid

In Germany, a case of hybridization between a male Cyclemys (oldhamii) shanensis and a female Chinese stripe-necked turtle has been described.[8]

See also

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Timmins, R.J.; Hoang, H.; McCormack, T. (2021). "Cyclemys oldhamii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T163415A1006544. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T163415A1006544.en. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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    Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 220–221. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
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    Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., van Dijk, P.P, Iverson, J.B., and Shaffer, H.B.) (2010). Turtles of the World, 2010 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Pritchard, P.C.H., van Dijk, P.P., Saumure, R.A., Buhlmann, K.A., Iverson, J.B., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5. pp. 000.85-000.164, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010
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    James Edward Gray. Supplement to the Catalogue of the shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum.
  6. [6]
    Tabaka, Chris; Senneke, Darrell (January 28, 2003). "Genus: Cyclemys (Asian Leaf Turtles)". World Chelonian Trust. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
  7. [7]
    Smith, Malcolm A. (1931). Stephenson, J. (ed.). The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. I. Loricata. Testudines. London: Taylor & Francis. p. 80. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  8. [8]
    Schilde, Maik; Barth, Dana; Fritz, Uwe (2004). "An Ocadia sinensis x Cyclemys shanensis hybrid (Testudines: Geoemydidae)" (PDF). Asiatic Herpetological Research. 10: 120–125. Retrieved 2022-05-27.

References

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  • Annandale, N. (1918). "Chelonia and Batrachia of the Inlé Lake". Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) 14: 67–69.
  • Buskirk, James R.; Parham, James F.; Feldman, Chris R. (2005). "On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia × Mauremys)". Salamandra 41: 21–26. PDF fulltext
  • Fritz, U.; Gaulke, M.; Lehr, E. (1997). "Revision der südostasiatischen Dornschildkröten-Gattung Cyclemys Bell 1834, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art ". Salamandra 33 (3): 183–212. (in German).
  • Gray, J.E. (1863). "Observations on the box tortoises, with the Descriptions of Three New Asiatic species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 173–179. (Cyclemys oldhamii, new species, p. 178).
  • gray, J.E. (1864). "Observations on the box tortoises, with the Descriptions of Three New Asiatic species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Third Series 13: 105–111.
  • Guicking, D.; Fritz, U.; Wink, M.; Lehr, E. (2002). "New data on the diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys BELL, 1834. Molecular results (reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae)". Faunistische Abhandlungen des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde Dresden 23 (4): 75–86.
  • Schilde, M. (2003). "Die Dornschildkröten der Gattung Cyclemys BELL, 1834 ". Draco 4 (13): 37–42. (in German).
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