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Vijayachelys silvatica (HENDERSON, 1912)

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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae (Geoemydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Cochin Forest Cane Turtle
G: Gelbkopf-Erdschildkröte 
SynonymGeoemyda silvatica HENDERSON 1912
Geoemyda silvatica — SMITH 1931: 94
Heosemys silvatica — PRITCHARD 1979
Heosemys silvatica — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 158
Geoemyda silvatica — DAS 1997
Geoemyda silvatica — OBST 2003: 17
Vijayachelys silvatica — PRASCHAG et al. 2006
Geoemyda silvatica — MURTHY 2010: 23
Vijayachelys silvatica — TTWG 2021
Vijayachelys silvatica — LINDKEN et al. 2024 
DistributionSW India (Cochin, Kerala)

Type locality: "Near Kavalai in the Cochin State Forests, inhabiting dense forest, at an elevation of about 1500 feet above sea level," India.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesHolotype: ZSI 17117 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1995 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentType species: Geoemyda silvatica HENDERSON 1912 is the type species of the genus Vijayachelys PRASCHAG et al. 2006. 
References
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  • Deepak, V. & Karthikeyan Vasudevan 2010. Note on Defensive Behaviour in Cochin Forest Cane Turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica). Reptile Rap (9): 1-2 - get paper here
  • DEEPAK, V. & VASUDEVAN, K. 2012. Aggressive interactions among male Cane Turtles Vijayachelys silvatica (HENDERSON, 1912) [Short Note]. Herpetozoa 25 (3/4): 159-163 - get paper here
  • Deepak, V.; Karthikeyan Vasudevan and Bivash Pandav 2009. Preliminary Observations on the Diet of the Cane Turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica). Hamadryad 34 (1): 167-169 - get paper here
  • Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. 1989. Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London
  • Groombridge, B., E.O. Moll, and J. Vijaya. 1983. Rediscovery of a rare Indian turtle. Oryx 17: 130-134. - get paper here
  • Henderson, J.R. 1912. Preliminary note on a new tortoise from South India. Records of the Indian Museum 7 (21): 217-218. - get paper here
  • Kanagavel, Arun 2013. A new record of the Cochin Forest Cane Turtle Vijayachelys silvatica (Henderson, 1912) from Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India. Reptile Rap (15): 3-6 - get paper here
  • Kanagavel, Arun & Rajeev Raghavan 2012. Local ecological knowledge of the threatened Cochin Forest Cane Turtle Vijayachelys silvatica and Travancore Tortoise Indotestudo travancorica from the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 4 (13): 3173–3182 - get paper here
  • Kanagavela, Arun; and Rajeev Raghavan 2013. Hunting of endemic and threatened forest-dwelling chelonians in the Western Ghats, India. Asian Journal of Conservation Biology, 2 (2): 172–177 - get paper here
  • Murthy, T.S.N. 2010. The reptile fauna of India. B.R. Publishing, New Delhi, 332 pp.
  • Palot, M.J. 2015. A checklist of reptiles of Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(13): 8010–8022 - get paper here
  • Praschag, Peter; Christian Schmidt, Guido Fritzsch, Anke Müller, Richard Gemel and Uwe Fritz 2006. Geoemyda silvatica, an enigmatic turtle of the Geoemydidae (Reptilia: Testudines), represents a distinct genus. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 6 (2): 151-162 [erratum in 6 (3): 254] - get paper here
  • Purkayastha, J., DAS, I., Sengupta, S. 2015. Freshwater Turtles & Tortoises of South Asia. Bhabani Books, 138 pp. - get paper here
  • Schaefer, I. 2005. Zacken-Erdschildkröten - Die Gattung Geoemyda. Natur und Tier Verlag, Münster, 143 pp. - get paper here
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  • Sharath, B. K. 1990. On the Occurance of the forest cane turtle (Geoemyda silvatica) in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, South India. Hamadryad 15: 34 - get paper here
  • Smart, Utpal; V. Deepak, and Karthikeyan Vasudevan 2014. Preliminary Ethogram and in situ Time-activity Budget of the Enigmatic Cane Turtle (Vijayachelys silvatica) from the Western Ghats, South India. Herp. Cons. Biol. 9 (1): - get paper here
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  • Vijaya, J. 1982. Rediscovery of the forest cane turtle (Heosemys silvatica) of Kerala. Hamadryad 7 (3): 2-3. - get paper here
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  • Vijaya, J. 1988. Status of the forest cane turtle (Geoemyda silvatica). Hamadryad 13 (2): 10 - get paper here
 
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