Red-necked pond turtle
Red-necked pond turtle |
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Female m. nigricans |
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Animalia |
Phylum: |
Chordata |
Class: |
Reptilia |
Order: |
Testudines |
Family: |
Geoemydidae |
Genus: |
Mauremys |
Species: |
M. nigricans |
Binomial name |
Mauremys nigricans[1] Grey, 1834[1] |
Synonyms[2] |
- Emys nigracans Gray, 1856 (ex errore)
- Clemmys nigricans Strauch, 1862
- Damonia nigricans Gray, 1869
- Chinemys nigricans Fang, 1934
- Geoclemys kwangtungensis Pope, 1934
- Clemmys kuangtungensis Mell, 1938 (ex errore)
- Chinemys kwangtungensis Bourret, 1941
- Geoclemys palaeannamitica Bourret, 1941
- Chinemys palaeannamitica Bour, 1980
- Mauremys nigricans Spinks, Shaffer, Iverson & McCord, 2004
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The red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys nigricans)[1] is a species of turtles in the Geoemydidae family[1] endemic to China.[1] Other common names include Kwangtung river turtle and black-necked pond turtle. [3]
References
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