[1][3][4] It is found in the Greater Sunda Islands and the Malay Peninsula.

[1] In the enigmatic leaf turtle, the carapace is dark brown and slightly reddish, ovoid, and lacks patterns in adults.

The head is tan to a light reddish-brown in color.

Hatchlings lack head and neck stripes and have brownish, mottled plastrons.

[6] It is found in southern Malay Peninsula (southern Thailand, Malaysia), Borneo (Sarawak, Malaysia, and Kalimantan, Indonesia), and Java and Sumatra (Indonesia).