Chinese broad-headed pond turtle
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| Chinese broad-headed pond turtle | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Mauremys |
| Species: | M. megalocephala
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| Binomial name | |
| Mauremys megalocephala (Spinks et al., 2004)
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The Chinese broad-headed pond turtle (Mauremys megalocephala) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. It is endemic to China.
The species may be a synonym of the Reeve's turtle, having simply been described from Reeve's turtles with megacephaly, a condition associated with much larger and broader heads.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Chinemys megalocephala. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 231. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
- ^ Iverson, John B.; Ernst, Carl H.; Gotte, Steve; Lovich, Jeffrey E. (1989-05-23). "The Validity of Chinemys megalocephala (Testudines: Batagurinae)". Copeia. 1989 (2): 494. doi:10.2307/1445452. JSTOR 1445452.
Family Geoemydidae | ||||
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| †Banhxeochelys | ||||
| Batagur | ||||
| Cuora | ||||
| Cyclemys | ||||
| †Echmatemys | ||||
| Geoclemys | ||||
| Geoemyda | ||||
| Hardella | ||||
| Heosemys | ||||
| Leucocephalon | ||||
| Malayemys | ||||
| Mauremys | ||||
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| Morenia | ||||
| Notochelys | ||||
| Orlitia | ||||
| Pangshura | ||||
| Rhinoclemmys | ||||
| Sacalia | ||||
| Siebenrockiella | ||||
| Vijayachelys | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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