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 |
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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.