Painted terrapin  (Callagur borneoensis)

Species information

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Glossary

  • Carapace: the top shell of a turtle. In arthropods (insects, crabs etc), the fused head and thorax (the part of the body located near the head) also known as ‘cephalothorax’.
  • Sexual dimorphism: when males and females of the same species differ in appearance.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. WCMC Species Sheets (March, 2008)
    http://www.unep-wcmc.org/species/data/species_sheets/terrappi.htm
  3. CITES (October, 2002)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Turtles of the World (CD-ROM), by Ernst, C.H., Altenburg, R.G.M. and Barbour, R.W. (March, 2008)
    http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/turtles.php?menuentry=soorten&id=248
  5. CITES AC22 doc10.2 (March, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org/eng/com/aC/22/E22-10-2-A4.pdf
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