Zhou's box turtle
Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The species is apparently endemic to China.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Cuora |
| Species: | C. zhoui |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuora zhoui Zhao, 1990 | |
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Etymology
The specific name, zhoui, is in honor of Chinese herpetologist Zhou Jiufa.[2]
Geographic range
C. zhoui is only known from Chinese food market specimens, 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.[3] In December 2018, the known captive population numbered about 140 individuals, including 80 hatched at the Münster Zoo.[4] It may be found in the forests of southeastern Yunnan or western Guangxi, although it has never been recorded in the wild.[3]
Female
Plastron
References
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 219–220. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cuora zhoui, p. 293).
- https://www.iucn.org/content/searching-elusive-zhous-box-turtle
- Zooborns (26 December 2018). Allwetterzoo Provides Haven for Endangered Turtles
Further reading
- Zhao, "Er-mi"; Zhou, Ting; Ye, Ping (1990). "A new Chinese box turtle (Testudinata: Emydidae) — Cuora zhoui ". pp. 213–216. In: Zhao, "Ermi" (editor) (1990). From Water Onto Land. Beijing: Chinese Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. ("Cuora zhoui Zhao sp. nov.", pp. 213, 216). (in Chinese and English).
External links
- Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). "Cuora zhoui (errata verion published in 2016)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T5963A97360787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T5963A11972677.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d)
- Species Cuora zhoui at The Reptile Database
- Lee DS, Levine LM (2004). First captive breeding of Zhou's Box Turtle, Cuora zhoui, in North America. http://www.asianturtle.org/htm/species_Cuora_zhoui.html.%5B%5D
- Struijk RPJH, Woldring LA. Cuora Studbooks, an overview. http://www.studbooks.eu/speciespages/Cuora_studbooks_an_overview.pdf.%5B%5D
- CITES Proposal 11.36 – status and biological information on Cuora species. http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/11/prop/36.pdf.%5B%5D
Family Geoemydidae | ||||
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| †Banhxeochelys | ||||
| Batagur | ||||
| Cuora | ||||
| Cyclemys | ||||
| †Echmatemys |
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| Geoclemys | ||||
| Geoemyda | ||||
| Hardella | ||||
| Heosemys | ||||
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| Malayemys | ||||
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| Melanochelys | ||||
| Morenia | ||||
| Notochelys | ||||
| Orlitia | ||||
| Pangshura |
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| Rhinoclemmys | ||||
| Sacalia | ||||
| Siebenrockiella | ||||
| Vijayachelys | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. | ||||
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