Chinese broad-headed pond turtle

Chinese broad-headed pond turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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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