Malayan box turtle
| Amboina box turtle |
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| Adult C. a. amboinensis from Sulawesi |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Testudines |
| Suborder: |
Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: |
Testudinoidea |
| Family: |
Geoemydidae |
| Subfamily: |
Geoemydinae |
| Genus: |
Cuora |
| Species: |
C. amboinensis |
| Binomial name |
Cuora amboinensis
Daudin, 1802
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| Synonyms |
- Cuora amboinensis amboinensis
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Testudo amboinensis Daudin, 1801
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Testudo melanocephala Daudin, 1801
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Emys amboinensis Schweigger, 1812
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Emys melanocephala Schweigger, 1812
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Terrapene amboinensis Merrem, 1820
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Kinosternon amboinense Bell, 1825 (ex errore)
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Cistuda amboinensis Gray, 1830
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Clemmys (Clemmys) melanocephala Fitzinger, 1835
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Cuora amboinensis Gray, 1856
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Cistudo amboinensis Boulenger, 1889
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Cyclemys amboinensis Boulenger, 1889
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Cuora ambionensis Goldsmith, Proctor, Cole & Dadd, 1969 (ex errore)
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Cuora amboiensis Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)
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Cuora amboinensis amboinensis Rummler & Fritz, 1991
- Cuora amboinensis couro
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Emys couro Schweigger, 1812
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Terrapene bicolor Bell, 1825
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Terrapene couro Fitzinger, 1826
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Emys cuoro Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 (ex errore)
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Cuora amboinensis couro Rummler & Fritz, 1991
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Cuora amboinensis cuoro Das, 1995
- Cuora amboinensis kamaroma
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Terrapene bicolor Bell, 1825
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Cuora amboinensis kamaroma Rummler & Fritz, 1991
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Cuora amboinensis kanzaroma Artner, 2003 (ex errore)
- Cuora amboinensis lineata
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Cuora amboinensis lineata McCord & Philippen, 1998
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The Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), or southeast Asian box turtle is a species of Asian box turtle.
It is found in the Nicobar Islands, eastern India (Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, central and southern Vietnam, west Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines (Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Negros, Panay, etc.), Indonesia (Sulawesi, Ambon Island, Sumatra, Borneo, East Malaysia, Brunei, Nias, Enggano, Simeulue, Java, Sumbawa, Halmahera, Ceram, Seram, Buru, East Timor, Bali, Palawan and Maluku), and possibly China (Guangxi and Guangdong) and Sri Lanka.
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