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Beal's Four-eyed turtle
Sacalia bealei
Beale's eyed turtle (Sacalia bealei) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The species is endemic to China.
From the article Beale's eyed turtle on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
S. bealei has a yellowish-brown, smooth, rather depressed carapace spotted with black, and it has an olive-green head. Another form of this species has a brown carapace. In both forms, there are two pairs of black-centered ocelli on the back of the head which is peppered with black spots. This is a turtle of moderate size and will grow up to a maximum straight-line carapace length of 18 cm (7 inches).
Range & habitat
A nocturnal species, S. bealei lives in mountain streams at all elevations, but with a preference for heavily forest-covered streams with many large stones so as to provide shelter.
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
What it does
A timid and nervous species, S. bealei will scramble and flail wildly with its claws when handled.
Wikipedia: “Behavior”
In human culture
The specific name, bealei, is in honor of Thomas Beale, a Scottish naturalist and merchant in China.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Sacalia bealei in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39923.