Common name:
Giant Asian pond turtleESF category:
BIUCN category:
Vulnerable
CITES:
INT - Appendix II
EU - Appendix BStudbook coordinators:
Marnix Friso Hoekstra
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Species Description
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.
