Red-necked pond turtle

Red-necked pond turtle
Female M. nigricans
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Mauremys
Species:
M. nigricans
Binomial name
Mauremys nigricans
Grey, 1834[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Emys nigracans Gray, 1856 (ex errore)
  • Clemmys nigricans Strauch, 1862
  • Damonia nigricans Gray, 1869
  • Chinemys nigricans Fang, 1934
  • Geoclemys kwangtungensis Pope, 1934
  • Clemmys kuangtungensis Mell, 1938 (ex errore)
  • Chinemys kwangtungensis Bourret, 1941
  • Geoclemys palaeannamitica Bourret, 1941
  • Chinemys palaeannamitica Bour, 1980
  • Mauremys nigricans Spinks, Shaffer, Iverson & McCord, 2004

The red-necked pond turtle (Mauremys nigricans)[2] is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae[2] endemic to China.[2] It is most likely restricted to Guangxi and Guangdong provinces, although pre-historic skull remains have been found in northern Vietnam and Hainan.[4] Other common names include Kwangtung river turtle and black-necked pond turtle.[5]

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ a b c d Rhodin 2010, p. 000.112
  3. ^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 232. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895. ISSN 1864-5755.
  4. ^ "Chinesische Rothals-Schildkröte". Turtle Island (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  5. ^ Ben Anders; John Iverson (2012). "Mauremys nigricans (Gray 1834)" (PDF). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. ISSN 1088-7105. Retrieved 5 Feb 2016.