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Cuora sp. nov. 'Okinawa'

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Okinawa Group, Japan

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Takahashi, Akio, Kato, Takafumi and Ota, Hidetoshi. (2008). Systematic Review of Late Pleistocene Turtles (Reptilia: Chelonii) from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, with Special Reference to Paleogeographical Implications. Pacific Science 62(3): 395-402.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19228/cuora-sp-nov-okinawa

 

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