Zhou's box turtle

Zhou's box turtle (Cuora zhoui) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). Apparently endemic to China, it is only known from Chinese food market specimens to date, 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.[2] In December 2018, the known captive population numbered about 140 individuals, including 80 hatched at the Münster Zoo.[3] It may be found in the forests of southeastern Yunnan or western Guangxi, although it has never been recorded in the wild.[2]

Female
Plastron

Zhou's box turtle

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, Zhou & Ye, 1990
Synonyms[1]
  • Cuora pallidicephala Mccord & Iverson, 1991
  • Cuora zhoui Zhao, 1990
  • Cuora pallidicephala McCord & Iverson, 1991
  • Pyxiclemmys zhoui Vetter, 2006

References
  1. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (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. https://www.iucn.org/content/searching-elusive-zhous-box-turtle
  3. Zooborns (26 December 2018). Allwetterzoo Provides Haven for Endangered Turtles


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