Beal's Eyed Turtle

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Beal's Eyed Turtle
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Geoemydidae Subfamily: Geoemydinae Genus: Sacalia Species: S. bealei
Binomial name
Sacalia bealei (Gray[verification needed], 1831)

Beal's Eyed Turtle (Sacalia bealei), sometimes called Beal's Four-eyed Turtle^[1], is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). It is found in China and Hong Kong.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Not an ideal name due to possibility of confusion with the Four-eyed Turtle proper.

[edit] References

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Sacalia bealei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 29 July 2007. Listed as Endangered (EN A1d+2d)