Bourret's box turtle

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Bourret's box turtle
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CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cuora
Species:
C. bourreti
Binomial name
Cuora bourreti
Obst & Reimann, 1994 [3]
Synonyms [4]
  • Cuora galbinifrons bourreti
    Obst & Reimann, 1994
  • Cistoclemmys galbinifrons bourreti
    Bour, 2002
  • Cuora bourreti
    B. Stuart & Parham, 2004
  • Cistoclemmys bourreti
    Vetter, 2006

Bourret's box turtle (Cuora bourreti), [3] also known commonly as the central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle and the Indochinese box turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.

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Geographic range

C. bourreti is found in central Vietnam and adjacent Laos. [1] [5]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of C. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,800 m (980–5,910 ft). [1]

Description

C. bourreti may attain a straight-line carapace length of 20 cm (7.9 in). Adult females and adult males are about the same size. Hatchlings have a straight-line carapace length of 4.5–5.0 cm (1.8–2.0 in). [1]

Taxonomy

Although Stuart and Parham (2004) argued that C. bourreti was quite distinct, possibly enough to justify its elevation to a full species, osteologic studies [4] have shown that it probably better remains as a subspecies of C. galbinifrons . This is further substantiated by the finding of intergradation zones in north-central Vietnam, where hybrid populations of C. g. galbinifrons and C. g. bourreti are known to exist. [4]

Etymology

C. bourreti is named in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret. [6]

In captivity

The Vietnamese press has reported successful breeding of C. bourreti at a turtle farm in Dak Lak, Vietnam by a pharmacist who studied in France.[ citation needed ]

Two Bourret's box turtles hatched at the National Zoo in the United States on 12 June 2017. [7]

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References

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