Zhou's box turtle

Zhou's box turtle
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	C. zhoui
Binomial name
	Cuora zhoui; Zhao, Zhou & Ye, 1990
Synonyms
	Cuora pallidicephala Mccord & Iverson, 1991; Cuora zhoui Zhao, 1990; Cuora pallidicephala McCord & Iverson, 1991; Pyxiclemmys zhoui Vetter, 2006;

Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). Apparently endemic to China, it is only known from Chinese food market specimens to date, and from a relatively small number of individuals that are part of captive breeding programs in China, Germany (notably the Münster Zoo), and the United States.^[2] In December 2018, the known captive population numbered about 140 individuals, including 80 hatched at the Münster Zoo.^[3] It may be found in the forests of southeastern Yunnan or western Guangxi, although it has never been recorded in the wild.^[2]

References

^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 219–220. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b https://www.iucn.org/content/searching-elusive-zhous-box-turtle
^ Zooborns (26 December 2018). Allwetterzoo Provides Haven for Endangered Turtles

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Cuora zhoui". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000. IUCN: e.T5963A97360787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T5963A11972677.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d)
Lee, D.S., and Levine, L.M. 2004. First captive breeding of Zhou's Box Turtle, Cuora zhoui, in North America. http://www.asianturtle.org/htm/species_Cuora_zhoui.html
Struijk, R.P.J.H., and Woldring, L.A. Cuora Studbooks, an overview. http://www.studbooks.eu/speciespages/Cuora_studbooks_an_overview.pdf
CITES Proposal 11.36 – status and biological information on Cuora species. http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/11/prop/36.pdf

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[Fritz2007-1] Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 219–220. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[IUCNsearching-2] ttps://www.iucn.org/content/searching-elusive-zhous-box-turtle

[3] Zooborns (26 December 2018). Allwetterzoo Provides Haven for Endangered Turtles

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