Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A large quantity of these turtles are being sold in markets of Guangdong, Guanxi and Hainan provinces in China and Hong Kong causing a decline of about 70% in G. spengleri populations. [7] The G. spengleri is still present in many regions where other chelonian species are extinct or near extinct.
Zhou's box turtle is a critically endangered species that is endemic to China. China has around 403 different species of reptiles that can be found in many environments including deserts, grasslands, rivers, and forests. [1] It is the country with the seventh largest amount of different reptile species. [2]
At first it was considered a subspecies of Geoemyda spengleri, and named Geoemyda spengleri japonica. It was redescribed as a separate species and given its current binomial name in 1992. [3] Hybrids between different genera of Geoemydidae are rather commonplace.
China is a signatory country to the CITES and the national government's protected species list generally follows the designation of endangered species by CITES, but also includes certain species that are rare in the country but quite common in other parts of the world so as not to be considered globally threatened (such as moose and beaver) or ...
Sphoeroides spengleri (Bloch, 1785) (Bandtail puffer) Sphoeroides testudineus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Checkered puffer) Sphoeroides trichocephalus (Cope, 1870) (Pygmy puffer) Sphoeroides tyleri (Shipp, 1972) (Bearded puffer) Sphoeroides yergeri (Shipp, 1972) (Speckled puffer)
Tellinella spengleri (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Dallitellina rostrata (Linnaeus, 1758) Tellinella staurella (Lamarck, 1818) : synonym of Tellinella cruciata (Spengler, 1798) Tellinella verrucosa (Hanley, 1844) : synonym of Scutarcopagia verrucosa (Hanley, 1844)
A growing body of evidence has shown links between cancer and drinking alcohol. In a warning Friday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said cancer risk increases with the number of drinks, but ...
The blotches in the lateral-ventral row of S. camila are oblong and vertically tear-shaped at the midbody, while those of S. spengleri are rounded, rarely elongated horizontally. Furthermore, the distal bar of the caudal fin in S. camila is yellowish-green and covers at least 40% of the fin's length, whereas in S. spengleri , it is black and ...