Chinese broad-headed pond turtle

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Chinese broad-headed pond turtle
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Mauremys
Species:
M. megalocephala
Binomial name
Mauremys megalocephala
(Spinks et al., 2004)
Synonyms [2]
  • Chinemys megalocephala(Fang, 1934)
  • Chinemys macrocephala(Bourret, 1941)( ex errore )
  • Chinemys megacephala(Gurley, 2003)( ex errore )

The Chinese broad-headed pond turtle (Mauremys megalocephala) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It is endemic to China.

The species may be a synonym of the Reeve's turtle, having simply been described from Reeve's turtles with megacephaly, a condition associated with much larger and broader heads. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Chinemys megalocephala. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
  2. ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 231. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 . ISSN   1864-5755.
  3. ↑ Iverson, John B.; Ernst, Carl H.; Gotte, Steve; Lovich, Jeffrey E. (1989-05-23). "The Validity of Chinemys megalocephala (Testudines: Batagurinae)" . Copeia. 1989 (2): 494. doi:10.2307/1445452. JSTOR   1445452.


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