First record of the Assam Leaf Turtle Cyclemys gemeli (Fritz et al. 2008) (Reptilia: Testudines: Geoemydidae) from the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, India

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Aditya Pradhan
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-838X
Niran Chettri
Saibal Sengupta
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8990-7669

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An individual of the Assam Leaf Turtle Cyclemys gemeli was sighted at an elevation of 580m in Darjeeling.  This is the first record of the species from the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, India.  Photographs and locality record of the sighting are provided in the present communication.


 

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