Sacalia

Sacalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Sacalia
Gray, 1870[1]

Sacalia is a genus of turtles in the family Geoemydidae (formerly called Bataguridae).

Species

Two species are recognized.[1]

Hybridization

What was described as a new species, Sacalia pseudocellata, Chinese false-eyed turtle, is a hybrid of a male Cuora trifasciata and a female Sacalia quadriocellata [2]

References

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Further reading

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