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The '''Yellow-headed Box Turtle''' or '''Golden-headed Box Turtle''' ('''''Cuora aurocapitata''''') is a proposed [[species]] of [[turtle]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Geoemydidae]] (formerly Bataguridae). It is sometimes considered a [[subspecies]] ''Cuora pani aurocapitata'' of [[Pan's Box Turtle]]. |
The '''Yellow-headed Box Turtle''' or '''Golden-headed Box Turtle''' ('''''Cuora aurocapitata''''') is a proposed [[species]] of [[turtle]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Geoemydidae]] (formerly Bataguridae). It is sometimes considered a [[subspecies]] ''Cuora pani aurocapitata'' of [[Pan's Box Turtle]]. |
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This turtle is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the central chinese Anhui Province (Blanck & Tang, 2005, Blanck & Kremser 2007). |
This turtle is [[Endemism|endemic]] to the central chinese Anhui Province (Blanck & Tang, 2005, Blanck & Kremser 2007). |
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| Golden-headed Box Turtle Cuora (pani) aurocapitata | |
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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 Cuora pani aurocapitata of Pan's Box Turtle.
This turtle is endemic to the central chinese Anhui Province (Blanck & Tang, 2005, Blanck & Kremser 2007).
References
- Template:IUCN2006 Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d)
Blanck, T. & M. Tang (2005): Ein neuer Fundort von Cuora pani SONG, 1984 mit Diskussion über den taxonomischen Status von Cuora pani und Cuora aurocapitata. SACALIA 7 (3), 2005: 16-37
Blanck, T. & T. Kremser (2007): Bemerkungen zur Verbreitung von Cuora pani aurocapitata sowie neue Fundortnachweise. Teil I. Marginata 13 (4), 2007: 52-56
Blanck, T. & T. Kremser (2007): Bemerkungen zur Verbreitung von Cuora pani aurocapitata sowie neue Fundortnachweise. Teil II. Marginata 14 (4), 2007: 50-52
LUO, B. & Y. ZONG. 1988. A new species of Cuora - Cuora aurocapitata. - Acta Herpetologica Sinica, Beijing, 3: 13-16 (in Chinese).
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