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Cyclemys dentata (GRAY, 1831)

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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae or Bataguridae, Testudines (turtles) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Asian Leaf Turtle
G: Dornrandschildkröte 
SynonymEmys dhor GRAY 1831
Emys dentata GRAY 1831 (partim)
Emys hasselti BOIE 1831 (nomen nudum)
Cyclemys orbiculata BELL 1834
Cistudo diardii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1835: 227
Cistudo Diardii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1854: 224
Cyclemys dentata GRAY 1856: 264
Cistudo dentata — GRAY 1857: 344
Cyclemys ovata GRAY 1863
Cyclemys bellii GRAY 1863
Cyclemys orbiculata — GRAY 1864: 109
Cyclemys ovata — GRAY 1864: 110
Cyclemys dhor — GRAY 1873: 167
Cyclemys dhor BOULENGER 1889
Cyclemys dentata — XIANGKUI 1994
Cyclemys dentata — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 445
Cyclemys dentata — COX et al. 1998: 128
Cyclemys entate [sic] — ZHOU & LI 2007 
DistributionN India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, West Malaysia,
Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Bali), Philippines (Palawan: Calamian Islands etc.), China

Type locality: "Bengal. . .Java". Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.1.22.62 and 1946.1.22.63. 
CommentDiagnosis in FRITZ et al. 2009.

Reproduction: oviparous. 
References
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