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Yellow-headed Temple turtle

Heosemys annandalii (Boulenger, 1903)

Status not recordedturtles and tortoises

The yellow-headed temple turtle (Heosemys annandalii) is a species in the family Geoemydidae, order Testudines. Recorded adults live up to 9.3 years.

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Quick facts about the yellow-headed temple turtle

Weight
up to 26.2 kgsrc for Weight
Length
up to 51 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
9.3 yearssrc for Lifespan
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-headed temple turtle live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yellow-headed temple turtle as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the yellow-headed temple turtle endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the yellow-headed temple turtle classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderTestudines
  5. familyGeoemydidae
  6. genusHeosemys
  7. SpeciesHeosemys annandalii (Boulenger, 1903)

Synonyms Cyclemys annandalii, Hieremys annandalii

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • želva chrámováCzech
  • TempelschildkröteGerman
  • templomteknősHungarian
  • Kura-kura TokongIndonesian
  • ヒジリガメJapanese
  • TempelschildpadDutch
  • Храмовая черепахаRussian
  • เต่าบัวThai
  • เต่าบึงหัวเหลืองThai
  • Càng đướcVietnamese
  • 黃頭廟龜Chinese

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Relatives of the yellow-headed temple turtle

Other species in the same genus Heosemys.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How long does the yellow-headed temple turtle live?

The yellow-headed temple turtle has a recorded lifespan of 9.3 years.

Is the yellow-headed temple turtle an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yellow-headed temple turtle as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the yellow-headed temple turtle?

The yellow-headed temple turtle (Heosemys annandalii) belongs to the family Geoemydidae in the order Testudines.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Yellow-headed Temple turtle (Heosemys annandalii). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-headed-temple-turtle

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{yellow_headed_temple_turtle_2026,
  title = {Yellow-headed Temple turtle (Heosemys annandalii)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-headed-temple-turtle},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}