Species of Thailand
Giant Asian pond turtle
Heosemys grandis, John Edward Gray, 1860
(In Thai: เต่าหวาย, dtao waay)
The giant Asian pond turtle (Heosemys grandis) inhabits rivers, streams, marshes, and rice paddies from estuarine lowlands to moderate altitudes (up to about 400 m) throughout Cambodia and Vietnam and in parts of Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Sauropsida
- Order
- Testudines
- Family
- Geoemydidae
- Genus
- Heosemys
- Species
- Heosemys grandis
Common names
- German: Riesenerdschildkröte
- English: Giant Asian pond turtle
- Thai: เต่าหวาย, dtao waay
Synonyms
- Heosemys grandis, Nguyen Van Sang et al. (2009)
- Heosemys grandis, Merel J. Cox et al. (1998)
- Heosemys grandis, Ulrich Manthey & Wolfgang Grossmann (1997)
- Cyclemys grandis, W. Lorenz (1984)
- Heosemys grandis, Leonhard Hess Stejneger (1902)
- Geoemyda grandis, John Edward Gray (1873)
- Clemmys grandis, Alexander Strauch (1862)
- Geoemyda grandis, John Edward Gray (1860)
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN2.3)
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Range Map
- Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi
- Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Khao Sok National Park
- Pathio District, Chumphon
- Tha Mai District, Chanthaburi