Four-eyed turtle

Four-eyed turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Sacalia
Species:
S. quadriocellata
Binomial name
Sacalia quadriocellata
Synonyms[3]
  • Clemmys bealii var. quadriocellata Siebenrock, 1903
  • Clemmys quadriocellata — Pope, 1934
  • Clemmys bealei quadriocellata
    — Bourret, 1941
  • Clemmys beali insulensis Adler, 1962
  • Sacalia quadriocellata
    — Pritchard, 1979
  • Sacalia bealei quadriocellata
    — C. Ernst & R. Barbour, 1989
  • Sacalia quadriocellata quadriocellata — Artner, 2003
  • Sacalia quadriocellata insularis [sic]
    Artner, 2003 (ex errore)

The four-eyed turtle[4] (Sacalia quadriocellata) is a reptile of the order Testudines. Its name refers to two bright yellow or green spots that occur on the back of its head that can look like another pair of eyes.

  1. ^ Fong, J.; Hoang, H.; Li, P.; McCormack, T.; Rao, D.-Q.; Shi, H.; Wang, L. (2021). "Sacalia quadriocellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T19797A2507554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T19797A2507554.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 247–248. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  4. ^ Sometimes confused with a related and similar species, Beale's four-eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei ).