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Cuora  Gray, 1856
Taxonomic Serial No.: 551745

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Pyxidea Gray, 1863
  
    Cistoclemmys Gray, 1863
  
    Pyxiclemmys Gray, 1863
  
  Common Name(s): Asian box turtles [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderTestudines Batsch, 1788 – tortues, Turtles, Terrapins, Tortoises  
                            SuborderCryptodira Cope, 1869  
                               SuperfamilyTestudinoidea Batsch, 1788  
                                  FamilyGeoemydidae Theobald, 1868  
                                     SubfamilyGeoemydinae Theobald, 1868  
                                        GenusCuora Gray, 1856 – Asian box turtles  
    Direct Children:  
                                           Species Cuora amboinensis (Riche in Daudin, 1801) – Southeast Asian Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora aurocapitata Luo and Zong, 1988 – Yellow-headed Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora bourreti Obst and Reimann, 1994 – Bourret's Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora couro (Lechenault in Schweigger, 1812) – Indonesian Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora cyclornata Blanck, McCord and Le, 2006 – Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora flavomarginata (Gray, 1863) – Yellow-margined Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora galbinifrons Bourret, 1940 – Indochinese Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora lineata McCord and Philippen, 1998 – Burmese Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora mccordi Ernst, 1988 – McCord's Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora mouhotii (Gray, 1862) – Keeled Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora pani Song, 1984 – Pan's Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora philippinensis Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray and Anders, 2023 – Philippine Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora picturata Lehr, Fritz and Obst, 1998 – Southern Vietnam Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora praschagi Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray and Anders, 2023 – Assam Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora trifasciata (Bell, 1825) – Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle, Golden Coin Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora yunnanensis (Boulenger, 1906) – Yunnan Box Turtle 
                                           Species Cuora zhoui Zhao in Zhao, Zhou and Ye, 1990 – Zhou's Box Turtle 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Cuora    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Iverson, John B.  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World   
  Page(s): xiii + 363   
  Publisher: Privately Printed   
  Publication Place: Richmond, Indiana   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9617431-0-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cuora   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour]  
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7   
  Page(s): 329-479   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1088-7105   
  Notes: doi:10.3854/crm.5.000.checklist.v7.2014 - Available online at http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/cbftt/   
  Reference for: Cuora   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Webb, Robert G.  
  Publication Date: 1995   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Date of Publication of Gray's Catalogue of Shield Reptiles   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chelonian Conservation and Biology, vol. 1, no. 4   
  Page(s): 322-323   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1071-8443   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cuora   
       

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