EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Cuora pani


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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Geoemydidae ()
subfamily.......no_subfamily
genus...............Cuora (Asian Box Turtles)
species..............Cuora pani (Pan's Box Turtle)
Original Description
Song 1984 : 330
Holotype
SIZ 80170
Type Locality
"Xujiaba (alt. 420 m) of Pingli county in Shaanxi Province," [China, PRC]
Original name
Cuora pani
Common Name
Pan's Box Turtle
Distribution
Known only from the type locality and Ta Lau Shan in Yunnan Province, China (as C. chriskarannarum; see Comment)
Comments
Ernst (1988a) misunderstood the description of C. pani; his concept of this species was actually based on C. aurocapitata. C. chriskarannarum (Ernst and McCord, 1987:624) is apparently synonymous with this species (Philippen, in Stubbs, 1989; McCord and Iverson, 1991). Reviewed by McCord and Iverson (1991).
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