Enigmatic leaf turtle
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Cyclemys enigmatica, tentatively dubbed as the Enigmatic leaf turtle, is a species of Asian leaf turtle
Cyclemys
Cyclemys, commonly referred to as Asian leaf turtles, is a genus of freshwater turtles from the family Geoemydidae. The genus occurs throughout Southeast and South Asia and currently contains seven species....

 found in the Greater Sunda Islands
Greater Sunda Islands
The Greater Sunda Islands are a group of large islands within the Malay archipelago. Jawa , smallest but by far the most populous and important; Sumatera in the west, directly across the Strait of Malacca from Malaysia; Kalimantan, the Indonesian sector of large, compact, minicontinent Borneo; and...

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Description

Enigmatic leaf turtle. Carapace is dark brown and slightly reddish, ovoid, and lacks patterns in adults. Plastron is dark brown to black with or without dense black radiating patterns. The head is tan to a light reddish-brown in color. The throat and neck is uniformly dark. The bridge is dark brown to black. Hatchlings lack head and neck stripes and have brownish mottled plastrons.

Distribution

Geographic range overlaps with C. dentata. Found in Brunei (?), Malaysia, and Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra).
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