{"title":"A morphological review of subspecies of the Asian box turtle,Cuora amboinensis (Testudines, Geomydidae)","authors":"C. H. Ernst, A. F. Laemmerzahl, J. Lovich","doi":"10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.144","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The turtle Cuora amboinensis has an extensive distribution covering most of southern mainland Asia, Indonesia, and extending to the Philippine Islands. Unlike many species, C. amboinensis occurs on both sides of Wallace's Line separating Asian and Australian flora and fauna. Four subspecies are currently recognized; Cuora a. kamaroma (southern continental Asia, Java and the northern Philippines [introduced]), C. a. lineata (Kachin Province, Myanmar [Burma] and adjacent Yunnan Province, China), C. a. couro (Sumatra, Java, Sumbawa, and adjacent smaller Indonesian islands); and C. a. amboinensis (Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines). Five pattern and 33 morphological characters were examined for variation in 691 individuals from throughout the species' range. Our analyses suggest that only two presently recognized subspecies are valid: amboinensis and kamaroma. Neither couro nor lineata are supported by our analysis. We recommend that C. a. couro should be synonymized with the species C. amboinensis and C. a. lineata with the subspecies C. a. kamaroma.","PeriodicalId":54578,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2016-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.144","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.144","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Abstract The turtle Cuora amboinensis has an extensive distribution covering most of southern mainland Asia, Indonesia, and extending to the Philippine Islands. Unlike many species, C. amboinensis occurs on both sides of Wallace's Line separating Asian and Australian flora and fauna. Four subspecies are currently recognized; Cuora a. kamaroma (southern continental Asia, Java and the northern Philippines [introduced]), C. a. lineata (Kachin Province, Myanmar [Burma] and adjacent Yunnan Province, China), C. a. couro (Sumatra, Java, Sumbawa, and adjacent smaller Indonesian islands); and C. a. amboinensis (Moluccas, Sulawesi, Philippines). Five pattern and 33 morphological characters were examined for variation in 691 individuals from throughout the species' range. Our analyses suggest that only two presently recognized subspecies are valid: amboinensis and kamaroma. Neither couro nor lineata are supported by our analysis. We recommend that C. a. couro should be synonymized with the species C. amboinensis and C. a. lineata with the subspecies C. a. kamaroma.
Cuora amboinensis分布广泛,覆盖亚洲南部大陆大部分地区和印度尼西亚,并延伸至菲律宾群岛。与许多物种不同,C. amboinensis出现在华莱士线的两侧,华莱士线将亚洲和澳大利亚的动植物区隔开来。目前已确认的有四个亚种;Cuora a. kamaroma(亚洲大陆南部,爪哇和菲律宾北部[引进]),C. a. lineata(缅甸克钦省和邻近的中国云南省),C. a. couro(苏门答腊,爪哇,松巴哇和邻近的较小的印度尼西亚岛屿);和c.a. amboinensis(菲律宾苏拉威西岛摩鹿加群岛)。对691个个体的5种形态和33种形态特征进行了变异分析。我们的分析表明,只有两个目前公认的亚种是有效的:amboinensis和kamaroma。我们的分析既不支持理论,也不支持理论。我们建议将C. a. couro与C. amboinensis同义,将C. a. lineata与C. a. kamaroma亚种同义。
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The official publication of the Biological Society of Washington, the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington is an international journal containing peer-reviewed papers that broadly bear on systematics in the biological sciences (botany and zoology), paleontology, and notices of business transacted at Society meetings.