Cuora serrata

Cuora serrata, originally described as Cuora galbinifrons serrata[1] and later considered a distinct species,[2] are hybrids as shown by genetic studies.[3] These hybrids are bred in the wild (evolution in progress)[4] and were documented for the first time in the wild in 2005,[5] but not in captivity as "novelty" pets as suggested by James Parham and Bryan Stuart,[3][6] between the keeled box turtle and taxa of the Indochinese box turtle complex. Unnamed hybrids of several other Cuora taxa are also known, as are intergeneric hybrids like Mauremys iversoni (the Fujian pond turtle),[7] a hybrid between Cuora trifasciata and Mauremys mutica which are intentionally produced in Chinese turtle farms.[6]

Cuora serrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cuora
Species:
C. serrata
Binomial name
Cuora serrata

References
  1. Iverson, John; McCord, W.P. (1 January 1992). "A new subspecies of Cuora galbinifrons (Testudines: Batagurinae) from Hainan Island, China". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 105: 433–439.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Fritz, U; Obst, FJ (1997). "Zum taxonomischen Status von Cuora galbinifrons serrata Iverson & McCord, 1992 und Pyxidea mouhotii (Gray, 1862)(Reptilia: Testudines: Bataguridae)". Zoologische Abhandlungen (in German). Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden. 49: 261–279. ISSN 0375-5231.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Stuart, Bryan L; Parham, James Ford (1 April 2004). "Molecular phylogeny of the critically endangered Indochinese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31 (1): 164–177. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00258-6. ISSN 1055-7903.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. Buskirk, James R; Parham, James F; Feldman, Chris R (2005). "On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia x Mauremys)" (PDF). Salamandra. 41 (1/2): 21. ISSN 0036-3375. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2018-02-18.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. Shi, Haitao; Parham, James F; Simison, W Brian; Wang, Jichao; Gong, Shiping; Fu, Binglong (2005). "A report on the hybridization between two species of threatened Asian box turtles (Testudines: Cuora) in the wild on Hainan Island (China) with comments on the origin of'serrata'-like turtles" (PDF). Amphibia-Reptilia. 26 (3): 377–381. ISSN 0173-5373.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  6. Parham, James Ford; Simison, W. Brian; Kozak, Kenneth H.; Feldman, Chris R.; Shi, Haitao (November 2001). "New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known-locality specimens". Animal Conservation Forum. 4 (4): 357–367. doi:10.1017/S1367943001001421. ISSN 1469-1795.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Pritchard, Peter C. H.; McCord, William P. (1991). "A new emydid turtle from China" (PDF). Herpetologica. 47 (2): 139–147. ISSN 0018-0831. JSTOR 3892730.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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