Cuora serrata, originally described as Cuora galbinifrons serrata[1] and later considered a distinct species,[2] are hybrid turtles 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.[clarification needed] 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 | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Cuora |
| Species: | C. serrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuora serrata | |
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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). 49. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden: 261–279. ISSN 0375-5231.
- ^ a b 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. PMID 15019617.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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". Amphibia-Reptilia. 26 (3): 377–381. doi:10.1163/156853805774408487. ISSN 0173-5373.
- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2001AnCon...4..357P. doi:10.1017/S1367943001001421. ISSN 1469-1795. S2CID 86757143.
- ^ 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.
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