Sulawesi forest turtle

The Sulawesi forest turtle is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a species of turtle in the Bataguridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon. It is endemic to Indonesia. More

Female Sulawesi forest turtle, Leucocephalon yuwonoi Note dull head pigmentation; right view shows plastron of the same animal Photographs by James Buskirk BACK TO GALLERY Home | About More

The Sulawesi forest turtle, Leucocephalon yuwonoi and the forstens tortoise, Indotestudo forstenii Midnight Run buy represent the only two endemic chelonians from Sulawesi Indonesia. More

– The Sulawesi forest turtle, Leucocephalon yuwonoi (Family Geoemydidae), is one of the world’s most enigmatic and poorly known turtles; there are few observations from the wild and its life history remains virtually unstudied. More

Sulawesi Forest Turtle (hatchling plastron - photo taken in wild) Leucocephalon yuwonoi Sulawesi Forest Turtle (hatchling carapace - photo taken in wild) Leucocephalon yuwonoi Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Adult pair More

Sulawesi Forest Turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi): Threats and Conservation Issues download Invincible Zoology Division of the Research Centre for Biology- The Indonesian Institute of Sciences, “Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense,” Widyasatwaloka Building, Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor Km. More

Sulawesi Forest Turtle - Leucocephalon yuwonoi (1 photos) - Click to view album Indian Eyed Turtle - Morenia petersi (1 photos) - Click to view album Brahminy River Turtle (aka Crowned More

* Sulawesi Forest Turtle, now Leucocephalon yuwonoi * Philippine Pond Turtle, now Panayanemys leytensis or Siebenrockiella leytensis. More

Sulawesi forest turtle is already cr... With nine of the world's turtle species and subspecies having alre... More

The Sulawesi forest turtle, Leucocephalon yuwonoi, is Critically Endangered and exploited for the food and pet trade, but little is known of its ecology. More

Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi), Indonesia Painted terrapin (Callagur borneoensis), Southeast Asia Flat-tailed tortoise (Pyxis planicauda), Madagascar Geometric tortoise (Psammobates geometricus), South Africa Philippine forest turtle (Heosemys leytensis), Philippine Islands Egyptian tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni), More

In Indonesia, for example, the Sulawesi forest turtle is already endangered after being known to science for less than 10 years. More

Heosemys and the Sulawesi Forest Turtle were formerly included herein. Heosemys is a Genus of Turtles in the family Bataguridae. The genus Heosemys was split out of the larger genus Geoemyda by McDowell (1964 UserPolbot. More

Common names

Celebes-Erdschildkröte in German - Deutsch
Kura-Kura Sulawesi in English - English
Sulawesi aardschildpad in Dutch - Nederlands
Sulawesi forest turtle in English - English