Educational resources on Arakan Forest Turtle

Arakan Forest Turtle or Heosemys depressa is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Critically Endangered due to A2cd, B1+2c . IUCN Profile of the Arakan Forest Turtle

Academic web links for the Arakan Forest Turtle.

EMYSystem Species Page: Geoemyda depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle)
Original Description: Anderson 1875: 284: Type Locality "Arakan" [Burma]; restricted to "Akyab, near Arakan" [Burma], by Smith (1931:95)
emys.geo.orst.edu/collection/species/Geoemydadepressa/Geoemydadepressa.html

Peter Deunov
Boston University School of Theology ... The Arakan Forest Turtle (Heosemys depressa) is an extremely rare turtle species which lives only in the Arakan hills of western Myanmar.
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Arakan_Forest_Turtle&...

EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Geoemyda depressa (Arakan Forest ...
Original Description Anderson 1875: 284 Holotype Possibly BMNH 87.3.30.1, but ZSI 751 according to Das pers. comm. Type Locality "Arakan" [Burma]; restricted to "Akyab, near Arakan
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/species/Geoemydadepressa/Geoemydadepressa.html

ADW: Heosemys depressa: Classification
Heosemys depressa (Arakan forest turtle) ...
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Heosemys_depressa.html

News Release for Sept. 8, 2009
Five living specimens were found, and Platt's study concludes that the Arakan forest turtle is common to the region (Rakhine Yoma Elephant Range, or RYER) surveyed.
www.sulross.edu/pages/6812.asp

sthweb.bu.edu
... Heosemys depressa (Arakan forest turtle)
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Arakan_Forest_Turtle&...

sthweb.bu.edu
... Heosemys depressa (Arakan forest turtle)
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Arakan_Forest_Turtle&...

ADW: Heosemys: Classification
... Heosemys depressa (Arakan forest turtle)
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Heosemys.html

EMYSystem Text Only Genus Page: Geoemyda (Leaf Turtles)
...species list G. depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle) G. japonica (Ryuku Leaf Turtle) G. leytensis (Philippine Pond Turtle) G. silvatica (Cochin Forest Cane Turtle)
emys.geo.orst.edu/text_only/collection/genus/Geoemyda/Geoemyda.html

hatch-v
Zoo Atlanta hatched a rare Arakan forest turtle this week. Can scientists hatch a dinosaur egg? Force-air incubators are large, have a fan, and hatch a larger number of eggs.
verbs.colorado.edu/html_groupings/hatch-v.html