Zhou's box turtle

Zhou's box turtle
Zhou's box turtle
Zhou's box turtle
Cuora zhoui
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Cuora
Species: C. zhoui
Binomial name
Cuora zhoui
Zhao, Zhou & Ye, 1990
Synonyms

Cuora pallidicephala Mccord & Iverson, 1991

Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). Apparently endemic to China and/or Vietnam, it is only known from pet trade specimens to date.

Female
Plastron

References

  • Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Cuora zhoui. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 29 July 2007. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d)



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