Cyclemys fusca FRITZ, GUICKING, AUER, SOMMER, WINK & HUNDSDÖRFER, 2008

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Higher Taxa	Geoemydidae (Geoemydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Cyclemys fusca FRITZ, GUICKING, AUER, SOMMER, WINK & HUNDSDÖRFER 2008: 17 Cyclemys fusca — TTWG 2021
Distribution	N/C Myanmar (Kachin), perhaps adjacent India and Bangladesh. Type locality: Kachin State, Myanmar
Reproduction	oviparous.
Types	Holotype: MTD D 42578 = Museum of Zoology Dresden (= MTKD), obtained 2000 from M. Reimann via international pet-trade, adult female).
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Adult: Dark coloured, resembling C. enigmatica but light crown of the head in life with distinct greenish-yellow tinge. Palate and tongue of specimens in alcohol grey. Hatchling: Unknown. For maximum size and comparison with diagnostic characters of other species, see Table 3 in FRITZ et al. 2008.
Comment	Habitat: freshwater (Rivers, swamps)
Etymology	The Latin species name fusca, brown, is chosen in allusion to the general colouration of adult specimens.
References	Bour, R. 2008. Global diversity of turtles (Chelonii; Reptilia) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595:593–598 - get paper here Fritz, U.; D Guicking, M Auer, R. S Sommer, M Wink, A. K Hundsdörfer 2008. Diversity of the Southeast Asian leaf turtle genus Cyclemys: how many leaves on its tree of life? Zoologica Scripta doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00332. - get paper here Kundu, Shantanu; Vikas Kumar, Boni Amin Laskar, Kailash Chandra, Kaomud Tyagi 2016. Mitochondrial DNA effectively detects non-native Testudines: Invisible wildlife trade in northeast India. Gene Reports, doi:10.1016/j.genrep.2016.02.002 - get paper here Platt, Steven G., Win ko Ko, Kalyar Platt, Khin Myo Myo, Me Me Soe and Thomas R. Rainwater. 2012. Species inventory and conservation status of chelonians in Natma Taung National Park, Myanmar. Hamadryad 36 (1): 1-11 - get paper here TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. 2021. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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