Yellow-headed box turtle

Yellow-headed Box Turtle
Golden-headed Box Turtle Cuora (pani) aurocapitata
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	C. (pani)aurocapitata
Binomial name
Cuora aurocapitata Luo & Zong, 1988 synonyms = See text.

Female

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.

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Plastron

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).