Spiny Turtle

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Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Bataguridae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Heosemys
Species: H. spinosa
Binomial name
Heosemys spinosa
Bell, 1830

The Spiny Turtle (Heosemys spinosa) inhabits lowland and hill rainforest, usually in the vicinity of small streams, mainly in hill areas up to 900 m. The Spiny Turtle is known from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.


[edit] References

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

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