Geoemyda amamiensis Takahashi, Kato & Ota 2007:3
Amami leaf turtle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
Tokunoshima Island, Central Ryukyus, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Takahashi, Akio, Kato, Takafumi and Ota, Hidetoshi. (2007). A New Species of the Genus Geoemyda (Chelonii: Geoemydidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Tokunoshima Island, the Central Ryukyus, Japan. Current Herpetology 26: 1-11. [Abstract]
Other references:
Anonymous. (2007). ERRATUM: "A New Species of the Genus Geoemyda (Chelonii: Geoemydidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of Tokunoshima Island, the Central Ryukyus, Japan", by Akio Takahashi, Takafumi Kato and Hidetoshi Ota, Current Herpetology 26(1): 1-11, 2007. Current Herpetology 26(2): 139.
Takahashi, Akio, Kato, Takafumi and Ota, Hidetoshi. (2008). Systematic Review of Late Pleistocene Turtles (Reptilia: Chelonii) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with Special Reference to Paleogeographical Implications. Pacific Science 62(3): 395-402.
Turtle Extinctions Working Group et al. (2015). Turtles and Tortoises of the World During the Rise and Global Spread of Humanity: First Checklist and Review of Extinct Pleistocene and Holocene Chelonians. Chelonian Research Monographs No. 5: 1-66.
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