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Yellow-headed box turtle

Yellow-headed box turtle
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Cuora aurocapitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Cuora
Species: C. (pani)aurocapitata
Binomial name
Cuora aurocapitata
Luo & Zong, 1988
Synonyms
  • Cuora aurocapitata Luo & Zhong, 1988
  • Cuora aureocapitata Patterson, 1994 (ex errore)
  • Cuora pani aurocapitata Artner, 2003
  • Pyxiclemmys aurocapitata Vetter, 2006
  • Pyxiclemmys pani aurocapitata Vetter, 2006

The yellow-headed box turtle (Cuora aurocapitata) or golden-headed box turtle is a proposed species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). It is sometimes considered a subspecies Cuora pani aurocapitata of Pan's box turtle.

This turtle is endemic to the central Chinese Anhui province.



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