Spiny turtle

Spiny turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Heosemys
Species:
H. spinosa
Binomial name
Heosemys spinosa
(Gray, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Emys spinosae Gray, 1830
  • Geoemyda spinosa Gray, 1834
  • Clemmys (Clemmys) spinosa Fitzinger, 1835
  • Heosemys spinosa Stejneger, 1902

The spiny turtle (Heosemys spinosa) is a South-East Asian turtle species. It inhabits lowland and hill rainforest, usually dwelling in the vicinity of small streams in hill areas up to 1,000 m above sea level. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.