Black-breasted leaf turtle

Black-breasted leaf turtle

Vietnamese leaf turtle, Black-breasted hill turtle

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Geoemyda spengleri

The black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri), also commonly called the Vietnamese leaf turtle or the black-breasted hill turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

Animal name origin

The specific name, spengleri, is in honor of Danish naturalist Lorenz Spengler.

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G. spengleri is found in the wild in China, Vietnam and Laos.

References

1. Black-breasted leaf turtle Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-breasted_leaf_turtle
2. Black-breasted leaf turtle on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/39552/2929166

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