Black-breasted leaf turtle

Black-breasted leaf turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Geoemyda
Species:
G. spengleri
Binomial name
Geoemyda spengleri
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms[4]
  • Testudo spengleri
    Gmelin, 1789
  • Emys spengleri
    Schweigger, 1812
  • Geoemyda spengleri
    Gray, 1834
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) spengleri
    Fitzinger, 1835
  • Nicoria spengleri
    — Gray, 1856
  • Geomyda spengleri
    Mell, 1929
  • Geoemyda spengleri sinensis
    Fan, 1931
  • Geoemyda spengleri spengleri
    Pope, 1934[3]

The Black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri),[5] also commonly called the Vietnamese leaf turtle or the black-breasted hill turtle, a species of turtle (Order Testudines). The species is listed as one of the smallest turtle species in the world.[6] The species is endemic to Southeast Asia and is listed as endangered as of July 16, 2018.[7]

  1. ^ Fong, J.; Hoang, H.; Li, P.; McCormack, T.; Rao, D.-Q.; Timmins, R.J.; Wang, L. (2020). "Geoemyda spengleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T39552A2929166. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39552A2929166.en. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Gong, Shiping; Shi, Haitao; Mo, Yunming; Auer, Markus; Vargas-Ramirez, Mario; K. Hundsdörfer, Anna; Fritz, Uwe (2009). "Phylogeography of the endangered black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri) and conservation implications for other chelonians". Amphibia-Reptilia. 30 (1): 57–62. doi:10.1163/156853809787392711. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
  4. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 222–223. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
  5. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (31 October 2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 2625-8498.
  6. ^ "Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle Attraction | CFZ Animals". Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. ^ IUCN (16 July 2018). Geoemyda spengleri: Fong, J., Hoang, H., Li, P., McCormack, T., Rao, D.-Q., Timmins, R.J. & Wang, L.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T39552A2929166 (Report). International Union for Conservation of Nature. doi:10.2305/iucn.uk.2020-2.rlts.t39552a2929166.en.

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