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Sulawesi Forest Turtle
Leucocephalon
(Geoemyda) yuwonoi
(McCord, Iverson and Boeadi, 1995)

From the island of Sulawesi, northern Indonesia

Leucocephalon yuwonoi Sulawesi forest turtles
Leucocephalon yuwonoi

Two males

Photograph by
James Buskirk

Sulawesi forest turtle
Leucocephalon yuwonoi

Male, close-up

Note the yellow head pigmentation

Photograph by
James Buskirk

Male Leucocephalon yuwonoi
Female Leucocephalon yuwonoi Leucocephalon yuwonoi plastron
Female Sulawesi forest turtle, Leucocephalon yuwonoi

Note dull head pigmentation; right view shows plastron of the same animal

Photographs by James Buskirk

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