Black-breasted leaf turtle  (Geoemyda spengleri)

Authentication

Authenticated (23/11/2006) by Peter Paul van Dijk, Director of Conservation International’s Centre for Applied Biodiversity Science (CABS) Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Conservation Program, and Deputy Chair and Program Officer of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group.
http://www.turtlesurvival.org

Glossary

  • Carapace: in reptiles, the top shell of a turtle or tortoise.
  • Plastron: in reptiles, the lower shell of a turtle or tortoise.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (November, 2007)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. van Dijk, P.P. (2006) Pers. comm.
  3. CITES (June, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. The Asian Turtle Consortium (June, 2006)
    http://www.asianturtle.org/htm/species_Geoemyda_spengleri.html
  5. Turtles of the World (CD-ROM), by Ernst, C.H., Altenburg, R.G.M. and Barbour, R.W. (June, 2006)
    http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/turtles.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=281
  6. The Turtle Puddle (June, 2006)
    http://www.turtlepuddle.org/exotics/spengleri.html
  7. Buskirk, J. (1993) Captive Propagation and Husbandry of the Vietnamese Leaf Turtle. The Vivarium, 5 (5): 28 - 33. Available at: http://www.anapsid.org/spengleri.html
  8. Asian Turtle Conservation Network (June, 2006)
    http://www.asianturtlenetwork.org/field_guide/Geoemyda_spengleri.htm
  9. Muridae.org (June, 2006)
    http://www.muridae.org/turtles/spengleri.html
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