Sulawesi forest turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
Genus: |
Leucocephalon McCord, Iverson, Spinks & Shaffer, 2000 |
Species: | L. yuwonoi
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Binomial name | |
Leucocephalon yuwonoi (McCord, Iverson &
Boeadi, 1995)
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Synonyms [3] [4] | |
The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon. [3] It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The specific name, yuwonoi, is in honor of Indonesian herpetologist Frank Bambang Yuwono (born 1958). [5]
The preferred natural habitats of L. yuwonoi are freshwater swamps and rivers. [1] [4]
As of 2016 The Riverview Zoo in Peterborough, Ontario, had managed to hatch two Sulawesi forest turtles. [6]
Sulawesi forest turtle | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
Genus: |
Leucocephalon McCord, Iverson, Spinks & Shaffer, 2000 |
Species: | L. yuwonoi
|
Binomial name | |
Leucocephalon yuwonoi (McCord, Iverson &
Boeadi, 1995)
| |
Synonyms [3] [4] | |
The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon. [3] It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.
The specific name, yuwonoi, is in honor of Indonesian herpetologist Frank Bambang Yuwono (born 1958). [5]
The preferred natural habitats of L. yuwonoi are freshwater swamps and rivers. [1] [4]
As of 2016 The Riverview Zoo in Peterborough, Ontario, had managed to hatch two Sulawesi forest turtles. [6]