Chinese broad-headed pond turtle

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Chinese broad-headed pond turtle
Conservation status

Endangered (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification edit
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.

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" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 231. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
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