Giant Asian Pond Turtle

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iGiant Asian Pond Turtle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Bataguridae Subfamily: Geoemydinae Genus: Heosemys Species: H. grandis
Binomial name
Heosemys grandis Gray, 1860

The Giant Asian Pond Turtle (Heosemys grandis) inhabits rivers, streams, marshes, and rice paddies from estuarine lowlands to moderate altitudes (up to about 400 m) throughout Cambodia and Vietnam and in parts of Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.

[edit] References

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Heosemys grandis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable