Red-necked pond turtle

Red-necked pond turtle
Female M. nigricans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Geoemydidae
Genus:Mauremys
Species: M. nigricans
Binomial name
Mauremys nigricans
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

The red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys nigricans)[1] is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae[1] endemic to China.[1] It is most likely restricted to Guangxi and Guangdong provinces. Other common names include Kwangtung river turtle and black-necked pond turtle.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Rhodin 2010, p. 000.112
  2. ↑ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 232. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Ben Anders; John Iverson (2012). "Mauremys nigricans (Gray 1834)" (PDF). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. ISSN 1088-7105. Retrieved 5 Feb 2016.
Bibliography
  • Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley (2010-12-14). "Turtles of the World 2010 Update: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution and Conservation Status" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-15.


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