Cyclemys atripons Iverson and McCord

Stuart Ko Sok Thy Neang, Bryan L., 2006, A Collection Of Amphibians And Reptiles From Hilly Eastern Cambodia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 54 (1), pp. 129-155 : 143-144

Cyclemys atripons Iverson and McCord

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Material examined. – O’Rang: FMNH 262710-11 , hilly evergreen forest, O Doeng Por Stream, near 12°18'08"N 107°03'08"E, 500 m elev., 6 Nov.2003 .

Pichrada: FMNH 259050 , gallery evergreen forest, near 12°32'16"N 107°32'00"E, 600-700 m elev., 21 Jun.2000 .

Remarks. – A male (CPL 181, CPW 142) and two females (CPL 200-214, CPW 161-162) have a mostly yellow plastron; densely pigmented bridge; nearly immaculate chin; and dark spotting on top of the head. FMNH 259050 has 8 dark and 7 light, FMNH 262710 has 11 dark and 12 light, and FMNH 262711 has 10 dark and 11 light neck stripes. These match the descriptions of both C. atripons and C. pulchristriata , two species that were described almost concurrently and that have been considered the same taxon (Iverson in Guicking et al., 2002). These specimens from Cambodia are assigned to C. atripons following Stuart and Platt (2004); further

Material examined. – Ta Veng: FMNH 262775 , hilly evergreen forest mixed with bamboo, small tributary of O Lopeung Stream, 14°11'16.3"N 107°17'36.1"E, 160 m elev., 21 Nov.2003 .

Remarks. – The single specimen has body length 27 times the body width (TTL 320; BDW 11.8); pharyngeal region wider than head; 335 transverse body folds curving forward taxonomic work is needed to determine the correct application of these two names. The distribution record of FMNH 259050 was included in Stuart and Platt (2004).

FMNH 259050 was found at night (2020 hrs.) at the base of large boulder on a sandy bank 1.5 m from a swift, shallow, sandy-substrate stream. FMNH 262710-11, male and female, respectively, were found together at night (1830 hrs.) under 25 cm of water on the bottom of a 5 x 15 m stream pool with slow current and solid rock substrate, approximately 50 cm apart.

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Fig. 11. Male and female Cyclemys atripons (FMNH 262710-11) from the Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area, O’Rang District, Mondolkiri Province, Cambodia.