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It is known as the Philippine forest turtle, the Philippine pond turtle, the Palawan turtle, or the Leyte pond turtle. Despite the latter common name, it does not occur in the island of Leyte but is instead native to the Palawan island group. [5] [6] It is locally known as bakoko in Cuyonon. [7]
Siebenrockiella is a small genus of black marsh turtles. It used to be monotypic but now has two species with the addition of the Philippine forest turtle (moved from the genus Heosemys ). The genus was originally erected in 1869 by John Edward Gray under the name Bellia , commemorating Thomas Bell , [ 2 ] but this name is a junior homonym of ...
Common name Scientific name authority Preferred habitat IUCN status Range Family Suidae: pigs: Palawan bearded pig: Sus ahoenobarbus Huet, 1888: Forest NT: Bornean bearded pig: Sus barbatus S. Müller, 1838: Wide range of habitats where occurring; Possibly extirpated VU: Visayan warty pig: Sus cebifrons Heude, 1888: Forest and grassland CR ...
Philippine forest turtle, Philippine pond turtle, Palawan turtle, Leyte pond turtle Recently rediscovered. Endemic to Palawan: Spratellicypris palata: Palata Palata Endemic to Lake Lanao: Sus cebifrons: Visayan warty pig One subspecies believed to be extinct. Surviving subspecies endemic to Panay and Negros Island.
The National List of Threatened Terrestrial Fauna of the Philippines, also known as the Red List, is a list of endangered species endemic to the Philippines and is maintained by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through its Biodiversity Management Bureau and the Philippine Red List Committee.
Spiny turtle (Gray, 1831), Heosemys spinosa; Yellow-headed temple turtle (Anderson, 1875), Heosemys annandalii; Some other species, initially placed here also, are now in different genera. The Sulawesi forest turtle is now classified under Leucocephalon, the Philippine forest turtle under Siebenrockiella, and the Cochin Forest cane turtle under ...
Black marsh turtles used to be monotypic within the genus Siebenrockiella until Diesmos et al. (2005) showed based on genetic studies and morphology, that the recently rediscovered and critically endangered Philippine forest turtles, until that time known as Heosemys leytensis, were actually very closely related.
Philippine forest turtle; This page is a redirect. ... This is a redirect from a scientific name of a reptile (or group of reptiles) to a vernacular ("common") name.