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Heosemys
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Heosemys

Heosemys is a genus of 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.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Yellow-headed Temple Turtle

speciesHeosemys annandalii

Spiny Terrapin

speciesHeosemys spinosa

Giant Asian Pond Turtle

speciesHeosemys grandis

Arakan Forest Turtle

speciesHeosemys depressa

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40004.