Sulawesi forest turtle

Sulawesi forest 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
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Leucocephalon
McCord, Iverson, Spinks & Shaffer, 2000
Species:
L. yuwonoi
Binomial name
Leucocephalon yuwonoi
(McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995)
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Geoemyda yuwonoi
    McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995
  • Heosemys yuwonoi
    — Fritz & Obst, 1996
  • Leucocephalon yuwonoi
    — McCord, Iverson, Spinks & Shaffer, 2000
  • Notochelys yuwonoi
    — Artner, 2008
  • Leucocephalon yuwonoi
    — TTWG, 2014

The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon.[3] It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.

  1. ^ Stanford, C.B.; Hamidy, A. (2021). "Leucocephalon yuwonoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40761A2933851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40761A2933851.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 226–227. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755. S2CID 87809001.
  4. ^ Species Leucocephalon yuwonoi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.