EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Sacalia quadriocellata


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Sacalia (Eyed Turtles)
species..............Sacalia quadriocellata (Four-eyed Turtle)
Original Description
Siebenrock 1903a : 336
Holotype
In the NMW according to Smith 1931:115 and Bourret 1941:171.
Type Locality
"Annam" [central Vietnam]; "Annam, Phuc-Son" according to Siebenrock (1909:482)
Original name
Clemmys bealii quadriocellata
Common Name
Four-eyed Turtle
Distribution
Vietnam to Guangdong and Jiangxi Provinces and Hainan Island, China (PRC)
Comments
See account for S. bealei. Reviewed by Pope (1935; as Clemmys quadriocellata) and Bourret (1941; as Clemmys quadriocellata).
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