Cyclemys atripons, commonly known as the Western black-bridged 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 Southern Indochina

Indochina

The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...

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Description

Carapace is reddish brown, ovoid to elongated, with or without fine radiating black patterns. Plastron is mostly yellow with or without fine radiating black lines. The head is speckled and the throat yellow. The neck is striped. Hatchlings have wide head and neck stripes and a yellow plastron with large dark spots. The common name of the species refers to the color of the bridge (the area where the plastron and the carapace meet) which is predominantly yellow with black stripes or entirely black. C. atripons is morphologically almost indistinguishable from C. pulchristiata

Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle

Cyclemys pulchristiata, commonly known as the Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle, is a species of Asian leaf turtle found in Southern Indochina.-Description:...

, the Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle.