Heosemys

Heosemys
	Arakan forest turtle (Heosemys depressa)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Heosemys; Stejneger, 1902
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Hieremys

Heosemys is a

freshwater turtles ("terrapins" in British English) in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The genus Heosemys was split out of the related genus Geoemyda

by McDowell in 1964.

Species

Four species are placed under Heosemys:[1]^[2]

Arakan forest turtle (Boulenger, 1903), Heosemys depressa
Giant Asian pond turtle (Gray, 1860), Heosemys grandis
Spiny turtle (Gray, 1831), Heosemys spinosa
Yellow-headed temple turtle (Anderson, 1875), Heosemys annandalii

Some other species, initially placed here also, are now in different genera. The

Vijayachelys

.

References

^ Artner, H. (2008). "The World's Extant Turtle Species" (PDF). Emys. 15 (3). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2011.
doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010

External links

Wikispecies has information related to Heosemys.

"Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora paper" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-10-20. Retrieved 2005-05-04.

Key to identifying Heosemys species

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Family Geoemydidae

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Subclass: Anapsida

Order:
Testudines

Suborder: Cryptodira

Superfamily: Testudinoidea

Family: Geoemydidae

Genera
Species of the family Geoemydidae
†Banhxeochelys

†Banhxeochelys trani

Batagur

Burmese roofed turtle

Northern river terrapin

Painted terrapin

Red-crowned roofed turtle

Southern river terrapin

Three-striped roofed turtle

Cuora

Amboina box turtle

Bourret's box turtle

Indochinese box turtle

McCord's box turtle

Keeled box turtle

Pan's box turtle

Southern Vietnamese box turtle

Golden coin turtle

Vietnamese three-striped box turtle

Yellow-headed box turtle

Chinese box turtle

Yunnan box turtle

Zhou's box turtle

Cyclemys

Asian leaf turtle

Assam leaf turtle

Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle

Enigmatic leaf turtle

Myanmar brown leaf turtle

Oldham's leaf turtle

Western black-bridged leaf turtle

†Echmatemys

†Echmatemys septaria

†Echmatemys stevensoniana

†Echmatemys wyomingensis

Geoclemys

Black pond turtle

Geoemyda

Black-breasted leaf turtle

Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle

Hardella

Brahminy river turtle

Heosemys

Arakan forest turtle

Giant Asian pond turtle

Spiny turtle

Yellow-headed temple turtle

Leucocephalon

Sulawesi forest turtle

Malayemys

Malayan snail-eating turtle

Mekong snail-eating turtle

Khorat snail-eating turtle

Mauremys

Balkan pond turtle

Caspian turtle

Chinese pond turtle

Chinese stripe-necked turtle

Japanese pond turtle

Red-necked pond turtle

Spanish pond turtle

Vietnamese pond turtle

Yellow pond turtle

Melanochelys

Indian black turtle

Tricarinate hill turtle

Morenia

Burmese eyed turtle

Indian eyed turtle

Notochelys

Malayan flat-shelled turtle

Orlitia

Malaysian giant turtle

Pangshura

Assam roofed turtle

Brown roofed turtle

Indian roofed turtle

Indian tent turtle

†Pangshura tatrotia

Rhinoclemmys

Black wood turtle

Brown wood turtle

Colombian wood turtle

Furrowed wood turtle

Large-nosed wood turtle

Maracaibo wood turtle

Mexican spotted wood turtle

Painted wood turtle

Spot-legged wood turtle

†Rhinoclemmys panamaensis

Sacalia

Beale's eyed turtle

Four-eyed turtle

Siebenrockiella

Black marsh turtle

Philippine forest turtle

Vijayachelys

Cane turtle

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.
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[hartner-1] Artner, H. (2008). "The World's Extant Turtle Species" (PDF). Emys. 15 (3). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2011.

[checklist-2] doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v3.2010

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