Siebenrockiella leytensis Taylor, 1920
Philippine forest turtle, Palawan turtle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Heosemys leytensis Taylor, 1920
Conservation Status
Last record: 1920?
Rediscovered in: 1988 (2001?)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Palawan and Dumaran Islands, Philippines
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Taylor, E. H. (1920). Philippine turtles. Philippine Journal of Science 16: 111-144.
Other references:
Acosta, D. D. (2006). Population structure of the Philippine Forest Turtle Siebenrockiella P. leytensis (Taylor, 1920) in Brgy. Dumarao, Roxas, Palawan, Philippines. Oral presentation, 15th WCSP Annual Philippine Biodiversity Symposium, Legend Hotel Palawan, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, April 4-8, 2006.
Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. (2000). Siebenrockiella leytensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 13 November 2012.
Buskirk, J. R. (1989). A third specimen and neotype of Heosemys leytensis (Chelonia: Emydidae). Copeia 1989: 224-227. https://doi.org/10.2307/1445633
Diesmos, A. C., Gee, G. V. A., Diesmos, M. L., Brown, R. M., Widmann, P. J., and Dimalibot, J. C. (2004). Rediscovery of the Philippine forest turtle, Heosemys leytensis (Chelonia: Bataguridae), from Palawan Island, Philippines. Asiatic Herpetological Research 10: 22-27.
Diesmos, A.C., R.V. Sison, M.dG. Pedregosa, and Ma.J.C. Cenisa. (2004). The Conservation Status of Heosemys leytensis Taylor, 1920. A project report, Manila, Philippines, 31 pp.
Diesmos, A. C., J. F. Parham, B. L Stuart, and R. M. Brown. (2005). The phylogenetic position of the recently rediscovered Philippine forest turtle (Bataguridae: Heosemys leytensis). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56(3): 31-41.
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Matillano, J. D. (2008). Status and Dynamics of Trade of Heosemys leytensis. CEPF Small Grant, Final Project Completion Report.
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