Chinese False-eyed Turtle
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| Sacalia pseudocellata McCord & Iverson, 1992 |
The Chinese False-eyed Turtle (Sacalia pseudocellata) described to b from Hainan was a proposed species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). Known only from the pet trade type specimens, it recently proofed to be a hybrid (Stuart & Parham, 2006) between a male Golden Coin Turtle Cuora trifasciata and a female Sacalia quadriocellata.
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- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Sacalia pseudocellata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 29 July 2007.
- 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
- 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
