Burmese eyed turtle

Burmese eyed turtle
Lithograph from 1878
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
Genus: Morenia
Species:
M. ocellata
Binomial name
Morenia ocellata
Synonyms[4]
  • Emys ocellata Duméril & Bibron, 1835
  • Batagur (Kachuga) ocellata Gray, 1856
  • Emys berdmorei Blyth, 1859
  • Emys berdmorii Blyth, 1859 (ex errore)
  • Clemmys ocellata Strauch, 1862
  • Batagur berdmorii Blyth, 1863
  • Batagur berdmoreii Theobald, 1868 (ex errore)
  • Kachuga berdmoorei Gray, 1869 (ex errore)
  • Morenia berdmorei Gray, 1870
  • Morenia ocellata Gray, 1870
  • Batagur berdmorei Boulenger, 1889
  • Kachuga berdmorei Boulenger, 1889

The Burmese eyed turtle (Morenia ocellata),[3] also known as the Bengal eyed terrapin, Burmese peacock turtle or swamp turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae of southern Asia.

  1. ^ Praschag, P.; Platt, K.; Horne, B.D. (2021). "Morenia ocellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T13873A544192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13873A544192.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Rhodin 2011, p. 000.193
  4. ^ Fritz 2007, p. 237