Yellow-headed box turtle

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Yellow-headed box turtle
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CITES Appendix II (CITES) [2]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cuora
Species:
C. aurocapitata
Binomial name
Cuora aurocapitata
Luo & Zong, 1988 [3]
Synonyms [4]
  • Cuora aurocapitataLuo & Zhong, 1988
  • Cuora aureocapitataPatterson, 1994(ex errore)
  • Cuora pani aurocapitataArtner, 2003
  • Pyxiclemmys aurocapitataVetter, 2006
  • Pyxiclemmys pani aurocapitataVetter, 2006

The yellow-headed box turtle or golden-headed box turtle (Cuora aurocapitata) is a proposed species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani aurocapitata).

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Female
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Plastron

This turtle is endemic to the central Chinese Anhui province. [5] [6] [7] It is found in Nanling County, Yi County, Guangde County, and Jing County.

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References

  1. Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Cuora aurocapitata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2000: e.T5959A97350211. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T5959A11956075.en . Retrieved 9 January 2018. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d)
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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  4. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 215. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 .
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  6. Blanck, T. & T. Kremser (2007). Bemerkungen zur Verbreitung von Cuora pani aurocapitata sowie neue Fundortnachweise. Teil I. Marginata. 13(4):52-56
  7. Blanck, T. & T. Kremser (2007). Bemerkungen zur Verbreitung von Cuora pani aurocapitata sowie neue Fundortnachweise. Teil II. Marginata. 14(4):50-52