EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Chinemys reevesii
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Chinemys (Chinese Pond Turtles)
species..............Chinemys reevesii (Reeves' Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1831b : 73
- Holotype
- Not located
- Type Locality
- "China"
- Original name
- Emys reevesii
- Common Name
- Reeves' Turtle
- Distribution
- China (PRC), Korea, Taiwan, and Japan; introduced in the USA and Canada
- Comments
- Reviewed by Stejneger (1907; as Geoclemys reevesii), Smith (1931; as Chinemys reevesi), and Pope (1935; as Geoclemys reevesii). Although the study by Lovich, Ernst, and Gotte (1985) showed little intraspecific geographic variation, that by Iverson, Ernst, Gotte, and Lovich (1989) suggested that significant subspecific variation exists. The latter authors synonymized Chinemys megalocephala Fang (1934:158) with Chinemys reevesii.
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