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  • Common name:

    Giant Asian pond turtle
  • ESF category:

    B
  • IUCN category:

    Vulnerable
  • CITES:

    INT - Appendix II
    EU - Appendix B
  • Studbook coordinators:

    Marnix Friso Hoekstra
  • Register your animals

    To register your animals or if you have other questions, please contact the studbook coordinator.

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.