Enigmatic leaf turtle

Cyclemys enigmatica, also known as the enigmatic leaf turtle, is a species of Asian leaf turtle.^[1][3][4] It is found in the Greater Sunda Islands and the Malay Peninsula.^[1]

Enigmatic leaf turtle
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Cyclemys
Species:	C. enigmatica
Binomial name
Cyclemys enigmatica Fritz, Guicking, Auer, Sommer, Wink & Hundsdörfer, 2008
Cyclemys enigmatica range map

Description

In the enigmatic leaf turtle, the carapace is dark brown and slightly reddish, ovoid, and lacks patterns in adults. The plastron is dark brown to black with or without dense, black, radiating patterns. The head is tan to a light reddish-brown in color. The throat and neck are uniformly dark. The bridge is dark brown to black. Hatchlings lack head and neck stripes and have brownish, mottled plastrons.^[5]

Distribution

Its geographic range overlaps with C. dentata.^[6] It is found in southern Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand, Malaysia), Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia), and Java and Sumatra (Indonesia).^[1][4]

See also

• Cyclemys