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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 ...
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.
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.
The Philippines has among the highest rates of species discovery in the world with 16 new species of mammal discovered in the last ten years. Because of this, the degree of endemism in the Philippines has risen and will likely continue to rise. [3] Some of the smallest and largest animals and plants are found in the Philippines.
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 ...
The Amboina box turtle or Southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) is a species of Asian box turtle widely distributed across Southeast Asia.It is native to the Asian mainland from northeast India, through Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand, across Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia.