Sacalia
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
Genus: | Sacalia Gray, 1870[1] |
Sacalia is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae).
Species
Two species are recognized.[1]
- Sacalia bealei, Beale's eyed turtle or Beale's four-eyed turtle
- Sacalia quadriocellata, four-eyed turtle
Hybridization
What was described as a new species, Sacalia pseudocellata, Chinese false-eyed turtle, is a hybrid of a male Cuora trifasciata and a female Sacalia quadriocellata [2]
References
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- 1 2 ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ↑ Stuart, Bryan L.; Parham, James F. 2007. Recent hybrid origin of three rare Chinese turtles. Conservation Genetics 8 (1): 169-175.
Further reading
- Gray, John Edward. 1870. Supplement to the Catalogue of Shield Reptiles in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata (Tortoises). With Figures of the Skulls of 36 Genera. London: Trustees of the British Museum. (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 120 pp. (Genus Sacalia, p. 35).
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