Sulawesi forest turtle

Sulawesi forest turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Leucocephalon
Species: L. yuwonoi
Binomial name
Leucocephalon yuwonoi
(McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995)
Synonyms[1]
  • Geoemyda yuwonoi McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995
  • Heosemys yuwonoi Fritz & Obst, 1996
  • Leucocephalon yuwonoi McCord, Iverson, Spinks & Shaffer, 2000

The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the Geoemydidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon.[1] It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 226–227. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


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