| Pan's box turtle | |
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| Pan's box turtle, Cuora pani pani | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Cuora |
| Species: | C. pani
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuora pani Song, 1984
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| Synonyms3 | |
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).
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).
Etymology
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
Cuora pani pani, the nominotypical subspecies, is endemic to the central Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).1
References
References
- 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.
External links
External links
- "Cuora pani (Pan's Box Turtle)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-10-07. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d).
- Species Cuora pani at The Reptile Database
Further reading
Further reading
- Blanck T, Tang M (2005). "Ein neuer Fundort von Cuora pani SONG, 1984 mit Diskussion über den taxonomischen Status von Cuora pani und Cuora aurocapitata". SACALIA 7 (3), 2005: 16-37.
- Song, Ming-tao (1984). "A new species of the turtle genus Cuora (Testudoformes: Testudinidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 9 (3): 330-332. (Cuora pani, new species). (in Chinese, with summary in English).
- "Turtle Conservancy — First Hatching of Second Generation Pan's Box Turtles in the United States". Turtle Conservancy. 2017-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-27.