Cuora amboinensis

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Southeast Asian Box Turtle
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: Geoemydidae Genus: Cuora Species: C. amboinensis
Binomial name
Cuora amboinensis (Suckow, 1798)

Amboina Box Turtle or Southeast Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis is a species of turtle. Distribution: India (Nicobar Islands, Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines (Panay, Luzon etc.), E Indonesia (Sulawesi = Celebes, Amboina, Sumatra, Borneo, Nias, Enggano,Simeulue, Java, Sumbawa, Ambon, Halmahera, Ceram) kamaroma: mainland Indochina, Thailand (Phang-Nga etc.) Type locality: "Amboine" Island (or "Amboina"), Indonesia.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database
• Cuora amboinensis photo

[edit] References

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Cuora amboinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used

• Becker, H. 1999 Ergänzende Bemerkungen zur Haltung und zur Nachzucht von Cuora flavomarginata (Gray 1863). Elaphe 7 (3): 2-10
• Ernst,C.H. 1988 Cuora mccordi, a new chines box turtle from Guangxi Province. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 101: 466-470
• Filella, Eduard 1997 Cuora amboinensis la tortuga caja del sudeste asiático y sus subespecies. Reptilia (13): 43-47
• Fritz, U. & Mendau, D. 2002 Ein Gattungsbastard zweier südostasiatischer Schildkröten: Cuora amboinensis kamaroma RUMMLER & FRITZ 1991 x Mauremys annamensis (SIEBENROCK 1903). Salamandra 38 (3): 129-134
• Galgon, Frank and Uwe Fritz 2002 Captive bred hybrids between Chinemys reevesii (Gray, 1831) and Cuora amboinensis kamaroma Rummler & Fritz, 1991. Herpetozoa 15 (3/4):137-148
• McCord, William P.; Philippen, Hans-Dieter 1998 A New Subspecies of Box Turtle, Cuora amboinensis lineata, from Northern Myanmar (Burma), with Remarks on the Distribution and Geographic Variation of the Species. Reptile Hobbyist (March issue): 51-58
• Pauler, I. 1980 Die Schildkrötengattung Cuora. Herpetofauna 2 (6): 15-18
• Praedicow, G. 1985 Langjährige Erfahrungen bei der Pflege von Cuora amboinensis (Daudin). Herpetofauna 7 (36): 6-14
• Rummler, H. J. & U. FRITZ 1991 Geographische Variabilität der Amboina-Scharnierschildkröte Cuora amboinensis (Daudin, 1802), mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart, C. a. kamaroma subsp. nov. Salamandra 27 (1/2): 17-45.