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Leucocephalon

Sulawesi forest turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Leucocephalon
McCord, Iverson, Spinks and Shaffer, 2000
Species: L. yuwonoi
Binomial name
Leucocephalon yuwonoi
(McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995)
Synonyms
  • Geoemyda yuwonoi McCord, Iverson & Boeadi, 1995
  • Heosemys yuwonoi Fritz & Obst, 1996
  • Leucocephalon yuwonoi McCord, Iverson, Spinks & Shaffer, 2000

The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the Geoemydidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Leucocephalon. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia.

The Riverview Zoo in Peterborough, Ontario has currently manged to hatch two forest turtles as of 2016.



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