Black-breasted leaf turtle

Black-breasted leaf turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Geoemyda
Species:
G. spengleri
Binomial name
Geoemyda spengleri
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Testudo spengleri
    Gmelin, 1789
  • Emys spengleri
    Schweigger, 1812
  • Geoemyda spengleri
    Gray, 1834
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) spengleri
    — Fitzinger, 1835
  • Nicoria spengleri
    — Gray, 1856
  • Geomyda spengleri
    Mell, 1929
  • Geoemyda spengleri sinensis
    Fan, 1931
  • Geoemyda spengleri spengleri
    Pope, 1934

The black-breasted leaf turtle (Geoemyda spengleri), also commonly called the Vietnamese leaf turtle or the black-breasted hill turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae). The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

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