EMYSystem Species Page: Cuora aurocapitata
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OrderOrder Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
FamilyFamily Geoemydidae ()
SubfamilySubfamily no_subfamily ()
GenusGenus Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)
SpeciesSpecies Cuora aurocapitata (Yellow-headed Box Turtle)
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Original Description Luo and Zong 1988 : 13
Type Locality "Nanling County, Anhui" [Prov., China (PRC)]
Holotype Shanghai Museum of Natural History 86/012
Original name Cuora aurocapitata
Common name Yellow-headed Box Turtle
Distribution Known only from the type locality
Comments Ernst (1988a) described his concept of Cuora pani, which actually represented C. aurocapitata. See McCord and Iverson (1991) for clarification.
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