Pan's box turtle

Pan's box turtle
	Pan's box turtle, Cuora pani pani
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	C. pani
Binomial name
	Cuora pani; Song, 1984
Synonyms
	Cuora pani ; Song, 1984; Cuora chriskarannarum ; Ernst & McCord, 1987; Cuora chriskarannorum [sic] ; Obst & Reimann, 1994 (ex errore); Cuora pani pani ; — Artner, 2003; Pyxiclemmys pani pani ; — Vetter, 2006;

Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The yellow-headed box turtle is sometimes included herein as a subspecies (Cuora pani aurocapitata).

Etymology

The specific name, pani, is probably in honor of Chinese herpetologist Pan Lei.^[4]

The common name, Pan's box turtle, refers to its ability to seal itself within its shell.^[5]

Cuora pani pani, the nominotypical subspecies, is endemic to the central Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).^[1]

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