considerations of locale and medicinal effect. The groupings vary greatly from those of Western zoology. Makers and dealers of Chinese medicines may even market the shells of all assortment of species as just plain "turtle shell." These firms simply do not know if some of the shells were taken from protected species.
不過中藥商只依產地、療效，將龜板大分為赤米龜、蘇板等五、六種，與生物學上對烏龜的命名出入極大，有藥商甚至將各式各樣的龜板統稱為烏龜殼，對自己葫蘆裡賣的藥，是否涉及珍貴的保育類，也丈二金剛，摸不著頭腦。