Chinese false-eyed turtle
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Chinese false-eyed turtle | |
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Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
Hybrid: | Cuora trifasciata × Sacalia quadriocellata |
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The Chinese false-eyed turtle (Cuora trifasciata × Sacalia quadriocellata) is a hybrid species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It is a hybrid between a male golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata) and a female four-eyed turtle (Sacalia quadriocellata).[1] While formerly considered to be a wild type species believed to be originally from Hainan, it is now known only from pet trade type specimens.
References
[edit]- ^ Stuart, Bryan L.; Parham, James F. (2006-12-28). "Recent hybrid origin of three rare Chinese turtles" (PDF). Conservation Genetics. 8 (1): 169–175. Bibcode:2006ConG....8..169S. doi:10.1007/s10592-006-9159-0. ISSN 1566-0621. S2CID 21260984.
- Buskirk, James R.; Parham, James F. & Feldman, Chris R. (2005): On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia × Mauremys). Salamandra 41: 21–26. PDF fulltext[permanent dead link]
- Parham, James Ford; Simison, W. Brian; Kozak, Kenneth H.; Feldman, Chris R. & Shi, Haitao (2001): New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known-locality specimens. Animal Conservation 4(4): 357–367. HTML abstract Erratum: Animal Conservation 5(1): 86 HTML abstract