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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae (Geoemydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Spiny turtle
G: Stachelrandschildkröte 
SynonymEmys spinosa GRAY 1831
Geoemyda spinosa HARDWICKE & GRAY: plate 2
Emys Spinosa — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 327
Emys spinosa — BELL 1836-1842
Emys spinosa — SOWERBY 1872
Geoemyda spinosa — GRAY 1873: 320
Geoemyda spinosa — DE ROOIJ 1915: 300
Heosemys spinosa — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 159
Heosemys spinosa — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 448
Heosemys spinosa — COX et al. 1998: 127
Heosemys spinosa — TTWG 2014
Heosemys spinosa — TTWG 2021 
DistributionMyanmar (= Burma) (Tenasserim), Philippines,
S Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Natuna islands), Singapore

Type locality: Penang [West Malaysia]  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 62.8.28.1, probably specimen "c" in Boulenger 1889:138 (fide Bourret (1941: 159, Iverson 1992: 128) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3428 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentPicture in Draco 13 (4): 93 (2003).

Type species: Emys spinosa GRAY 1831 is the type species of the genus Heosemys STEJNEGER 1902: 238.

Karyotype: DeSmet (1978) reported that the 2n chromosome number is 52 (13 pairs each of macro- and microchromosomes). 
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