| Chinese pond turtle |
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| Non-native M. reevesii in East Timor |
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| Melanistic male |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Testudines |
| Suborder: |
Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: |
Testudinoidea |
| Family: |
Geoemydidae |
| Genus: |
Mauremys |
| Species: |
M. reevesii |
| Binomial name |
Mauremys reevesii
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| Synonyms |
- * Emys reevesii
Gray, 1831
- * Clemmys (Clemmys) reevesii
— Fitzinger, 1835
- * Emys vulgaris picta
Schlegel, 1844
- * Emys japonica
A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron in
A.M.C. Duméril & A.H.A. Duméril, 1851
- * Geoclemys reevesii
— Gray, 1856
- * Damonia reevesii
— Gray, 1869
- * Damonia unicolor
Gray, 1873
- * Clemmys unicolor
— Sclater, 1873
- * Damonia reevesii var. unicolor
— Boulenger, 1889
- * Geoclemys [reevesii] reevesii
— Siebenrock, 1907
- * Geoclemys reevesii unicolor
— Siebenrock, 1907
- * Geoclemmys [sic] reevesi
— Vogt, 1924 (ex errore)
- * Geoclemys grangeri
Schmidt, 1925
- * Geoclemys paracaretta
Chang, 1929
- * Geoclemys reevesi grangeri
— Mell, 1929
- * Chinemys reevesi
— H.M. Smith, 1931
- * Geoclemys papacaretta [sic]
Fang, 1934 (ex errore)
- * Emys reevesi
— Bourret, 1941
- * Chinemys reevesii
Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
- * Chinemys reevesi
— Mao, 1971
- * Chinemys grangeri
— Pritchard, 1979
- * Chinemys pani
Tao, 1988
- * Chinemys reevessi [sic]
Obst, 1996 (ex errore)
- * Chinemys reveesii [sic]
Fritz, 1996 (ex errore)
- * Mauremys reevesii
— Spinks, Shaffer, Iverson & McCord, 2004
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Mauremys reevesii, commonly known as the Chinese pond turtle, the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle, or Reeves' turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae, a family which was formerly called Bataguridae. The species is native to East Asia.
It is one of the two most commonly found species used for divination that have been recovered from Shang dynasty sites.