Yellow-headed temple turtle
{{Short description|Species of turtle}}
{{more citations needed|date=August 2017}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = 2024-03-29-Heosemys annandalii-3422.jpg
| image_caption = Yellow-headed temple turtle in Turtle Conservation Center, Cuc-Phuong, Vietnam
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = CITES_A2
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}
| genus = Heosemys
| species = annandalii
| authority = (Boulenger, 1903){{Harnvb|Rhodin|2011|p=000.190}}
| synonyms = *Cyclemys annandalii
{{small|Boulenger, 1903}}
- Hieremys annandalei
{{small|M.A. Smith, 1916}} (ex errore) - Cyclemys annandali
{{small|Mell, 1929}} (ex errore) - Cyclemys annandalei
{{small|— M.A. Smith, 1930}} - Hieremys annandalii
{{small|— M.A. Smith, 1930}} - Hieremys annandali
{{small|— Mertens, L. Müller & Rust, 1934}} - Heosemys annandalii
{{small|— Diesmos, Parham, B.L. Stuart & R.M. Brown, 2005}}
| synonyms_ref = {{Harnvb|Fritz|2007|p=224}}
}}
The yellow-headed temple turtle (Heosemys annandalii) is a large species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is native to Southeast Asia.
Etymology
The common name, "yellow-headed temple turtle", is derived from the fact that it is often found near Buddhist temples within its range.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
The specific name, annandalii, is in honor of Scottish herpetologist Nelson Annandale.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Hieremys annandalii, p. 9).
Description
H. annandalii may grow to over 20 in (51 cm) in straight carapace length.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
Behavior
H. annandalii is aquatic, and is generally herbivorous.{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}
Conservation status
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) suspended trade of yellow-headed temple turtles in July 2012.{{cite web|title=Times-Tribune CITES 2012|date=27 July 2012 |url=http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/health-science/xxx-1.1349579}}
Geographic range
Habitat
File:2024-03-26-Heosemys annandalii-2975.jpg, Vietnam]]
The preferred natural habitats of H. annandalii are wet forests and freshwater wetlands.
Captivity
H. annandalii may live in captivity for up to 35 years.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
Two turtles were hatched in November 2019 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Heosemys annadali has been breed in captivity.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200108084641/https://www.asianturtleprogram.org/pages/TCC/2013-04-H_annandalii_hatchlings/H_annandalii_2013.htm "Yellow-headed temple turtles hatch at the Turtle Conservation Centre in Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam"]. (10 April 2015). Asian Turtle Program. Archived from [https://www.asianturtleprogram.org/pages/TCC/2013-04-H_annandalii_hatchlings/H_annandalii_2013.htm the original] 8 January 2020.
Parasites
File:Parasite180056-fig5B Placobdelloides siamensis (Glossiphoniidae).png on the carapace of a yellow-headed temple turtle (arrows)]]
The leech Placobdelloides siamensis is an ectoparasite of this turtle.{{cite journal|last1=Chiangkul|first1=Krittiya|last2=Trivalairat|first2=Poramad|last3=Purivirojkul|first3=Watchariya|title=Redescription of the Siamese shield leech Placobdelloides siamensis with new host species and geographic range|journal=Parasite|volume=25|year=2018|pages=56|issn=1776-1042|doi=10.1051/parasite/2018056|pmid=30474597 |url= |pmc=6254108}}
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References
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- {{Anchor|CITEREFRhodin2011}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf|title=Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status|journal=Chelonian Research Monographs|volume=5|date=2011-12-31|author1=Rhodin, Anders G.J.|author2=van Dijk, Peter Paul|author3=Iverson, John B.|author4=Shaffer, H. Bradley|author5=Bour, Roger|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf|url-status=live|archive-date=2012-01-31}}
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1903). "Report on the Batrachians and Reptiles". pp. 131–178. In: Annandale N, Robinson HC (1903). Fasciculi Malayenses: Anthropological and Zoological Results of an Expedition to Perak and the Siamese Malay States, 1901-1902. Zoology, Part I. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green & Co. for The University Press of Liverpool. 189 pp. (Cyclemys annandalii, new species, pp. 142–144 + Plates VII-VIII).
- Chan-ard, Tanya; Parr, John W.K.; Nabhitabhata, Jarujin (2015). A Field Guide to the Reptiles of Thailand. New York: Oxford University Press. 314 pp. {{ISBN|978-0-19-973649-2}} (hardcover), {{ISBN|978-0-19-973650-8}} (paperback).
- Smith MA (1931). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. I.—Loricata, Testudines. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xxviii + 185 pp. + Plates I-II. ("Hieremys annandalei [sic]", pp. 107–109, Figures 24-25).
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