The western black-bridged leaf turtle (''Cyclemys atripons'') is a species of
Asian leaf turtle
The Asian leaf turtle (''Cyclemys dentata'') is a species of turtle found in Southeast Asia. They are quite common in the pet trade; their carapaces resemble that of a ''Cuora amboinensis
The Amboina box turtle or Southeast Asian box turtle ...
found in southern
Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
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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,
Description
The carapace of this species is reddish brown, ovoid to elongated, with or without fine, radiating, black patterns. The plastron is mostly yellow with or without fine, radiating, black lines. The head is speckled and the throat is yellow. The neck is striped. Hatchlings have wide head and neck stripes and yellow plastrons with large, dark spots. The common name of the species refers to the color of the bridge (the area where the plastron and the carapace meet), which is predominantly yellow with black stripes or entirely black. ''C. atripons'' is morphologically almost indistinguishable from ''
C. pulchristiata'', the eastern black-bridged leaf turtle.
[Fritz, U., Guicking, D., Auer, M., Sommer, R. S., Wink, M. and Hundsdörfer, A. K. (2008)]
Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus ''Cyclemys'': how many leaves on its tree of life?
Zoologica Scripta, 37: 367–390.
Distribution
They are found in Cambodia, East Thailand, and Vietnam (Annam).
See also
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References
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Cyclemys
Turtles of Asia
Reptiles of Southeast Asia
Reptiles of Cambodia
Reptiles of Thailand
Reptiles of Vietnam
Reptiles described in 1997