Spiny turtle

Spiny 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: Heosemys
Species:
H. spinosa
Binomial name
Heosemys spinosa
(Gray, 1830[1])
Synonyms[3]
  • Emys spinosae Gray, 1830
  • Geoemyda spinosa Gray, 1834
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) spinosa Fitzinger, 1835
  • Heosemys spinosa Stejneger, 1902

The spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa) is a South-East Asian turtle species. It inhabits lowland and hill rainforest, usually dwelling in the vicinity of small streams in hill areas up to 1,000 m above sea level. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

  1. ^ a b Cota, M.; Guntoro, J.; Horne, B.D.; Kusrini, M.D.; Krishnasamy, K.; Shepherd, C. (2021). "Heosemys spinosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T9942A3152508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T9942A3152508.en. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 224–225. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.