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Mauremys pritchardi

Mauremys pritchardi is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mauremys pritchardi rather than just read about it. In short: Mauremys pritchardi is an interspecific hybrid turtle in the family Geoemydidae. M. pritchardi, described to be from Myanmar (where neither of the parental species occurs apparently), has been found in the wild in China and Japan, and is produced to some extent in Chinese turtle farms.

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Reference excerpt

Mauremys pritchardi is an interspecific hybrid turtle in the family Geoemydidae. M. pritchardi, described to be from Myanmar (where neither of the parental species occurs apparently), has been found in the wild in China and Japan, and is produced to some extent in Chinese turtle farms. It was listed as data deficient in the IUCN Red List before its actual origin became known. The parents of this hybrid are the Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii ) and the Asian yellow pond turtle (Mauremys mutica). While it is not unusual for perfectly valid geoemydid species to arise from hybridization, recognition as a species would require that the hybrids be fertile and constitute a phenotypically distinct and self-sustaining lineage. This does not yet appear to be the case in this "species" as recently (Kosukawa et al. 2006) a population of these turtles has been found in Japan. The hybrid offspring are perfectly fertile, which is not the case in Mauremys iversoni for example, another intergeneric hybrid, and have been bred in captivity already, with all juveniles resembling their parents (and not the parental species) perfectly as well. Genetic studies verify its hybrid origin but scientists are unsure of the time of creation. According to Wink et al. 2001, it might well be a very ancient hybrid, while Parham et al. 2001 suppose that it is of rather recent origin.

Etymology The specific name, pritchardi, is in honour of British herpetologist Peter Pritchard.

See also Fujian pond turtle Ocadia glyphistoma Ocadia philippeni Cuora serrata

References

Further reading McCord, William P. (1997). "Mauremys pritchardi, a new Batagurid turtle from Myanmar and Yunnan, China". Chelonian Conserv. Biol. 2 (4): 555–562.

External links Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Mauremys pritchardi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000. Retrieved 29 July 2007.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) Buskirk, James R.; Parham, James F. & Feldman, Chris R. (2005). "On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia × Mauremys)". Salamandra 41: 21–26. PDF fulltext. Parham, James Ford; Simison, W. Brian; Kozak, Kenneth H.; Feldman, Chris R.; Shi, Haitao (2001). "New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known-locality specimens". Animal Conservation 4 (4): 357–367. HTML abstract Erratum: Animal Conservation 5 (1): 86. HTML abstract

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mauremys pritchardi

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mauremys pritchardi ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mauremys pritchardi

In research: Mauremys pritchardi appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mauremys pritchardi in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mauremys pritchardi is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Hybrid animals, Mauremys, Taxa named by William P. McCord, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mauremys pritchardi outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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