Oldham's leaf turtle (''Cyclemys oldhamii'') is a
species of
turtle in the
family Geoemydidae.
Etymology
Both the
specific name Specific name may refer to:
* in Database management systems, a system-assigned name that is unique within a particular database
In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''oldhamii'', and the
common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...
, Oldham's leaf turtle, are in honor of
Thomas Oldham, Superintendent of the Geological Survey of India. 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').
Geographic range
''C. oldhamii'' is found in
Bangladesh, in the
terai of
mizoram, in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
,
Thailand,
Vietnam, West
Borneo,
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
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
Myeik (, or ; mnw, ဗိက်, ; th, มะริด, , ; formerly Mergui, ) is a rural city in Tanintharyi Region in Myanmar (Burma), located in the extreme south of the country on the coast off an island on the Andaman Sea. , the estimate ...
by Smith (1931).
Gallery
Image:Cyclemys_male_and_female_shell.jpg, ''Cyclemys oldhamii'' carapace
A carapace is a Dorsum (biology), dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tor ...
and plastron.
Hybrid
In Germany, a case of
hybridization
Hybridization (or hybridisation) may refer to:
*Hybridization (biology), the process of combining different varieties of organisms to create a hybrid
*Orbital hybridization, in chemistry, the mixing of atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals
*Nu ...
between a male ''Cyclemys (oldhamii) shanensis'' and a female
Chinese stripe-necked turtle has been described.
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See also
*''
Cyclemys''
Footnotes
References
* (1918). "Chelonia and Batrachia of the Inlé Lake". ''Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta'') 14: 67–69.
* (2005). "On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: ''Sacalia'' × ''Mauremys'')". ''
Salamandra
''Salamandra'' is a genus of seven species of salamanders localized in central and southern Europe, Northern Africa, and western Asia.
List of species
References
External links
Salamandraat Fauna Europaea
*
Salamandraat Animal Diversity W ...
'' 41: 21–26
PDF fulltext* (1997). "''Revision der südostasiatischen Dornschildkröten-Gattung ''Cyclemys'' Bell 1834, mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art'' ". ''Salamandra'' 33 (3): 183–212. (in German).
* (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).
* (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.
* (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.
* (2003). "''Die Dornschildkröten der Gattung ''Cyclemys'' BELL, 1834'' ". ''Draco'' 4 (13): 37–42. (in German).
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Cyclemys
Turtles of Asia
Reptiles of Laos
Reptiles of Myanmar
Reptiles of Thailand
Reptiles of Vietnam
Reptiles described in 1863
Taxa named by John Edward Gray