Zhou's box turtle

Zhou's box turtle
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	C. zhoui
Binomial name
	Cuora zhoui; Zhao, 1990
Synonyms
	Cuora zhoui ; Zhao in Zhao, & , 1990; Cuora pallidicephala ; & , 1991; Pyxiclemmys zhoui ; — in Vetter & , 2006;

Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The species is apparently endemic to China.

Etymology[]

The specific name, zhoui, is in honor of Chinese herpetologist .^[2]

Geographic range[]

C. zhoui is only known from Chinese food market specimens, and from a relatively small number of individuals that are part of captive breeding programs in China, Germany (notably the Münster Zoo), and the United States.^[3] In December 2018, the known captive population numbered about 140 individuals, including 80 hatched at the Münster Zoo.^[4] It may be found in the forests of southeastern Yunnan or western Guangxi, although it has never been recorded in the wild.^[3]

Conservation Status[]

The over-collection of turtles in Asia for food, medicinal purposes, and the pet trade industry are the primary causes of the decimation of this turtle's population. As of 2012, this species is considered to be critically endangered and in the middle of a conservation crisis.

Female

Plastron

References[]

^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 219–220. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ 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 zhoui, p. 293).
^ ^a ^b https://www.iucn.org/content/searching-elusive-zhous-box-turtle
^ Zooborns (26 December 2018). Allwetterzoo Provides Haven for Endangered Turtles

External links[]

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2016) [errata version of 2000 assessment]. "Cuora zhoui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T5963A97360787. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T5963A11972677.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d)
Species Cuora zhoui at The Reptile Database

Lee DS, Levine LM (2004). First captive breeding of Zhou's Box Turtle, Cuora zhoui, in North America. http://www.asianturtle.org/htm/species_Cuora_zhoui.html.^{[dead link]}
Spinks, P. Q., Thomson, R. C., Zhang, Y., Che, J., Wu, Y., & Shaffer, H. B. (2012). Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in the critically endangered Asian box turtle genus Cuora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 63(3), 656–667. http://thomsonlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SpinksEtAl2012.pdf.^{[dead link]}
Struijk RPJH, Woldring LA. Cuora Studbooks, an overview. http://www.studbooks.eu/speciespages/Cuora_studbooks_an_overview.pdf.^{[dead link]}
CITES Proposal 11.36 – status and biological information on Cuora species. http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/11/prop/36.pdf.^{[dead link]}

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[Fritz2007-1] Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 219–220. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 29 May 2012.

[2] 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 zhoui, p. 293).

[IUCNsearching-3] ttps://www.iucn.org/content/searching-elusive-zhous-box-turtle

[4] Zooborns (26 December 2018). Allwetterzoo Provides Haven for Endangered Turtles

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