Asian Leaf Turtle – Sold for Pet Trade, Food, Or Traditional Medicine
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Geoemydidae Genus: Cyclemys Species: C. dentata Binomial name: Cyclemys dentata The Asian leaf turtle Cyclemys Dentata is a variety of turtles seen in South Eastern part of Asia. In the pet trade, we see them quite often with their shell similar to a hybrid…