Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre, 1789)

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 250

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5287.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7968170
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scientific name	Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre, 1789)
status

Treatment

Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre, 1789) — Non-native; Introduced.

Indian Flapshell Turtle

Singapore records.

Lissemys punctata —K. Lim, 1990a: 12 (Seletar Reservoir).—Yong, 1990: 29 (Seletar Reservoir).—P.K.L. Ng et al., 1993: 20, 21.—Iskandar, 2000: 86 (refers to Amyda cartilaginea ).—P.K.A. Ng, 2009: 26.—T.H. Ng & K.K.P. Lim, 2010: 126 (Kranji Reservoir).—D.C.J. Yeo & C.S.W. Chia, 2010: 35.

Remarks. Lissemys punctata was initially reported from Singapore based on the carcass of a shell found at USR on 4 May 1990 (Yong 1990). However, the remains were later reidentified as A. cartilaginea by I. Das (Ng & Lim 2010). Nonetheless, one individual of L. punctata was caught by fishermen on 9 August 2001 in an abandoned pond next to KR (Ng & Lim 2010). Lissemys punctata is native to India (TTWG 2021).

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. Kranji Reservoir: ZRC.2.6908 (09-Aug-2001) .

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.