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 Cyclemys fusca — TTWG 2025
Distribution	N/C Myanmar (Kachin) 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) Distribution: see map in TTWG 2025.
Etymology	Named after Latin fusca = brown, 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 [TURTLE TAXONOMY WORKING GROUP: RHODIN, A.G.J., IVERSON, J.B., FRITZ, U., GALLEGO-GARCÍA, N., GEORGES, A., SHAFFER, H.B., AND VAN DuK, P.P.]. 2025. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (10th 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.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 10:1-575 - 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.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. doi:10.3854/crm.8.checklist.atlas.v9.2021. - get paper here Wang, K., Yu, Z. B., Wu, Y. H., Hou, S. B., Gao, W., Duan, S. H., ... & Che, J. 2024. Herpetofauna diversity of the Gaoligong Mountain in China: Checklist, zoogeography, and conservation. Zoological Research: Diversity and Conservation - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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