Field observations and conservation of heosemys depressa in the rakhine yoma elephant range of Western Myanmar

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Platt, Steven G ^a   Myo, Khin Myo ^b   Ko, Win Ko ^b   Maung, Aung ^c   Rainwater, Thomas R ^d  

^a SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Myanmar Program   (Myanmar)

^c Nature and Wildlife Conservation Division   (Myanmar)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation; Heosemys depressa; Indotestudo elongata; Myanmar; Rakhine Hills

Indexed keywords

HEOSEMYS DEPRESSA; INDOTESTUDO ELONGATA; TESTUDINES; YOMA;

EID: 77953860022     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0813.1     Document Type: Article

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