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Pan's box turtle
Pan's box turtle, Cuora pani pani

Conservation status


Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cuora
Species:
C. pani
Binomial name
Cuora pani

Song, 1984

Synonyms[3]

Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani) is a speciesofturtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The yellow-headed box turtle is sometimes included herein as a subspecies (Cuora pani aurocapitata).

The Pan's box turtle is a highly endangered species on the verge of extinction. Each catch of the Pan's box turtle rewards upwards of $10,000 per trade (Turtle Conservancy, 2017).

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Etymology

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The specific name, pani, is probably in honor of Chinese herpetologist Pan Lei.[4]

The common name, Pan's box turtle, refers to its ability to seal itself within its shell.[5]

Geographic range

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Cuora pani pani, the nominotypical subspecies, is endemic to the central Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2016) [errata version of 2000 assessment]. "Cuora pani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T5956A97359782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T5956A11949874.en. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  • ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  • ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 218. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
  • ^ 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 pani, p. 200).
  • ^ "Pan's box turtle videos, photos and facts - Cuora pani ". Arkive. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
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