rhamphotheca: Arakan Forest Turtle (Geoemyda depressa now Heosemys depressa) - Arakan Hill Range, Western Mayanmar from Anatomical and zoological researches v.2., London, B. Quaritch, 1878. (via: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34177985) * The Arakan Forest Turtle was thought extinct since 1908 until spotted in a Chinese food market in 1994!  Speaking of Lazarus taxon…

rhamphotheca:

Arakan Forest Turtle (Geoemyda depressa now Heosemys depressa)

- Arakan Hill Range, Western Mayanmar

from Anatomical and zoological researches v.2., London, B. Quaritch, 1878.

(via: biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34177985)

* The Arakan Forest Turtle was thought extinct since 1908 until spotted in a Chinese food market in 1994! 

Speaking of Lazarus taxon…

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