Black pond turtle

For the Southeast Asian turtle also known as the "black pond turtle", see Black marsh turtle.

Black pond turtle
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Geoclemys
Species:
G. hamiltonii
Binomial name
Geoclemys hamiltonii
(Gray, 1831)
Synonyms[3]
  • Emys hamiltonii
    Gray, 1831
  • Emys guttata
    Gray, 1831
  • Emys picquotii
    Lesson, 1831
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) hamiltonii
    — Fitzinger, 1835
  • Geoclemys hamiltonii
    — Gray, 1856
  • Damonia hamiltonii
    — Gray, 1869
  • Melanochelys pictus
    Murray, 1884
  • Clemmys palaeindica
    Lydekker, 1885
  • Damonia hamiltoni
    — Lydekker, 1889 (ex errore)
  • Geoclemmys hamiltonii
    — Boulenger, 1889
  • Emys hamiltoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1931
  • Geoclemys hamiltoni
    — M.A. Smith, 1931

The black pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii), also known commonly as the spotted pond turtle and the Indian spotted turtle, is a species of freshwater turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species, which is endemic to South Asia,[4] belongs to the monotypic genus Geoclemys.

  1. ^ Praschag, P.; Ahmed, M.F.; Singh, S. (2019). "Geoclemys hamiltonii ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T9029A152050337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T9029A152050337.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 222. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  4. ^ Chelonia.org