Biology:Beal's eyed turtle
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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: | Sacalia |
| Species: | S. bealei
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| Sacalia bealei (Gray, 1831)
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Beale's eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae).
Common names
It is sometimes called Beale's four-eyed turtle, though that is not an ideal common name due to the possibility of confusion with the four-eyed turtle proper (Sacalia quadriocellata).
Etymology
The specific name, bealei, is in honor of Thomas Beale, a Scottish naturalist and merchant in China .[2]
Geographic range
Sacalia bealei is found in China .
Conservation status
Listed as Endangered by the IUCN,[3] these turtles are hunted for use in folk medicine.[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 247. ISSN 1864-5755. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. https://www.webcitation.org/5v20ztMND?url=http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael. (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sacalia bealei, p. 20).
- ↑ ATTWG (2000)
- ↑ da Nóbrega Alves et al. (2008)
References
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (ATTWG). (2000). "Sacalia bealei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T19796A97377507. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T19796A9016239.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19796/97377507.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help) Listed as Endangered (EN A1d+2d).
- Boulenger, George Albert. (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I- VI. ("Clemmys bealii [sic]", p. 107).
- da Nóbrega Alves, Rômulo Romeu; da Silva Vieira, Washington Luiz; Gomes Santana, Gindomar. (2008): "Reptiles used in traditional folk medicine: conservation implications". Biodiversity and Conservation 17 (8): 2037–2049. doi:10.1007/s10531-007-9305-0 (HTML abstract, PDF first page)
- Gray, John Edward. (1831). Synopsis Reptilium; or Short Descriptions of the Species of Reptiles. Part I.—Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles, and Enaliosaurians. London: Treuttel, Wurtz, and Co. viii + 85 pp. ("Cistuda Bealei ", p. 71).
Wikidata ☰ Q2697604 entry
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