First record of Western Black-Bridged Leaf Turtle, Cyclemys atripons Iverson & McCord, 1997 (Testudines, Geoemydidae), in Vietnam

By

Nguyen, Luan Thanh
Lam, Ngon Quang
Carney, Jack
Hoang, Ha Van
Mccormack, Timothy E. M.
Nguyen, Thang Tai
Nguyen, Sang Ngoc

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-5-19

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

571--577

Subjects

freshwater turtle , Indochina , Mekong delta , Phu Quoc Island , range extension

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.3.571

 

Abstract

We report the distribution of the Western Black-bridged Leaf Turtle, Cyclemys atripons Iverson & McCord, 1997, from Vietnam for the first time. This species was recorded on Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam based on morphological and molecular evidence. This record extends the distribution of this species approximately 100 km east of the previously recorded location in Kok Kong, Cambodia. This discovery raises the recorded number of species of genus Cyclemys in Vietnam to three: C. atripons, C. oldhamii Gray, 1863, and C. pulchristriata Fritz, Gaulke & Lehr, 1997.