Chinese Pond Turtle

Taxobox
name = Chinese Pond Turtle

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status = EN
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Testudines
subordo = Cryptodira
superfamilia = Testudinoidea
familia = Geoemydidae
subfamilia = Batagurinae
genus = "Chinemys"
species = "C. reevesii"
binomial = "Chinemys reevesii"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1831).
synonyms ="Mauremys reevesii"

The Chinese Pond Turtle, Chinese Three-keeled Pond Turtle, Golden Turtle, or Japanese Coin Turtle ("Chinemys reevesii") is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (=Bataguridae). It is found in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

This species is notorious for its ability to produce hybrids with other Geoemydidae, even species that are only distantly related. The supposed new species "Mauremys pritchardi" was based on a hybrid of unknown origin between a male of the present species and a female Asian Yellow Pond Turtle. Furthermore, it has hybridized with the Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle, female Malayan Box Turtles, a male Four-eyed Turtle, and "Mauremys japonica" in captivity. Any individuals that are available as pets therefore need to be kept separate from other members of the family, especially considering that the Chinese Pond Turtle is threatened by overhunting and habitat destruction in the wild. [Parham "et al." (2001), Buskirk "et al." (2005)]

Footnotes

References

*|year=2000|id=39550|title=Chinemys reevesii|downloaded=29 July 2007
*aut|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. [http://cc.usu.edu/~crfeldman/Buskirk_et_al_05.pdf PDF fulltext]
* (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. [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract;jsessionid=4282B27D084B8B508074F736B4D11AD7.tomcat1?fromPage=online&aid=90491 HTML abstract] Erratum: "Animal Conservation" 5(1): 86 [http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=100113&fulltextType=ER&fileId=S1367943002001117 HTML abstract]

External links

* http://chinesische-dreikiel.npage.de/