EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Ocadia sinensis
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Ocadia (Chinese Stripe-necked Turtles)
species..............Ocadia sinensis (Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Gray 1834a : 53
- Holotype
- BMNH 1947.3.5.26
- Type Locality
- "in Chinā" [PRC]; "S. China" according to Boulenger (1889:87)
- Original name
- Emys sinensis
- Common Name
- Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle
- Distribution
- Southern China (including the islands of Taiwan and Hainan) to central Vietnam and apparently Laos
- Comments
- Reviewed by Stejneger (1907), Smith (1931), Pope (1935), and Bourret (1941).
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