| Philippen's striped turtle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | "Ocadia" |
| Species: | "O". philippeni |
| Binomial name | |
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"Ocadia" philippeni McCord & Iverson, 1992 |
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Philippen's striped turtle, "Ocadia" philippeni, has recently shown to be an intergeneric hybrid (Stuart & Parham, 2006) between a male Mauremys sinensis and a female Cuora trifasciata.
The "species" is known only from a handful of specimens (mainly the type series), said to originate from Hainan, but all acquired from a pet trader in Hong Kong.
The specific name, phillipeni, is in honor of German herpetologist Hans-Dieter Phillipen (born 1957).