Pan's box turtle

Pan's box turtle
Pan's box turtle, Cuora pani pani
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cuora
Species:
C. pani
Binomial name
Cuora pani
Song, 1984
Synonyms

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

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

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Etymology

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

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

Geographic range

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

Reproduction

Cuora pani is oviparous (The Reptile Database).

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 218. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ "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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