A report on the hybridization between two species of threatened Asian box turtles (Testudines: Cuora) in the wild on Hainan Island (China) with comments on the origin of 'serrata'-like turtles

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 377-381

  Shi, Haitao ^a   Parham, James F ^b,c   Simison, W Brian ^c   Wang, Jichao ^a   Gong, Shiping ^d   Fu, Binglong ^a  

^a HAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Cuora; Galbinifrons; Hainan; Hybrid; Mouhotii; Serrata; Turtle

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; TURTLE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN;

CUORA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33745956490     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853805774408487     Document Type: Article

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