McCord's box turtle

McCord's box turtle

Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Subfamily:	Geoemydinae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	C. mccordi
Binomial name
*Cuora mccordi* Ernst, 1988

McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi) is a species of the southeast Asian genus Cuora (family Geoemydidae).

Described by Ernst in 1988 from the Chinese pet trade, this turtle lacked distribution data for 19 years until Zhou et al. (2007) were able to report it from the wild. This species is highly endemic to Chinese Guangxi province. This is one of the most endangered Chinese endemic turtle species, highly sought after by the traditional Chinese medicine and turtle hobbyists. Once thought to reach only 14 cm Carapace length, specimens of up to 18 cm are known now.

References

ERNST, C. H. 1988. Cuora mccordi, a new Chinese box turtle from Guangxi Province. - Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 466-470.
ZHOU T.. 2007a. A survey of captive population dynamics for six endemic Chinese Box Turtle species. Sichuan Journal of Zoology, Chengdu, 26(2): 448-450.
ZHOU T.,P-P Li.2007.Chelonian species diversity and current status in China.Sichuan Journal of Zoology.26(2):464-467. (in Chinese)
ZHOU T.2007b.Endemic Chinese box turtles.China nature.(2)20~22(in Chinese)
Zhou T., T. Blanck, W. P. McCord + P-P. Li. 2007. Tracking Cuora mccordi (Ernst, 1988); the first record of its natural habitat; a re-description; with data on captive populations and its vulnerability.Hamadryad. in press.

Turtle family Geoemydidae

Genus	Species of the family Geoemydidae

Batagur	Burmese roofed turtle · Northern river terrapin · Painted terrapin · Red-crowned roofed turtle · Southern river terrapin · Three-striped roofed turtle

Cuora	Amboina box turtle · Bourret's box turtle · Ryukyu yellow-margined box turtle · Indochinese box turtle · McCord's box turtle · Keeled box turtle · Pan's box turtle · Southern Vietname box turtle · Chinese three-striped box turtle · Yellow-headed box turtle · Yellow-margined box turtle · Yunnan box turtle · Zhou's box turtle

Cyclemys	Asian leaf turtle · Assam leaf turtle · Eastern black-bridged leaf turtle · Enigmatic leaf turtle · Myanmar brown leaf turtle · Oldham's leaf turtle · Western black-bridged leaf turtle

Geoclemys	Spotted pond turtle

Geoemyda	Black-breasted leaf turtle · Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle

Hardella	Crowned river turtle

Heosemys	Arakan forest turtle · Giant Asian pond turtle · Spiny turtle · Yellow-headed temple turtle

Leucocephalon	Sulawesi forest turtle

Malayemys	Malayan snail-eating turtle · Mekong snail-eating turtle

Mauremys	Balkan pond turtle · Caspian turtle · Chinese pond turtle · Chinese stripe-necked turtle · Japanese pond turtle · Red-necked pond turtle · Spanish pond turtle · Vietnamese pond turtle · Yellow pond turtle

Melanochelys	Indian black turtle · Tricarinate hill turtle

Morenia	Burmese eyed turtle · Indian eyed turtle

Notochelys	Malayan flat-shelled turtle

Orlitia	Malaysian giant turtle

Pangshura	Assam roofed turtle · Brown roofed turtle · Indian roofed turtle · Indian tent turtle

Rhinoclemmys	Black river turtle · Brown wood turtle · Colombian wood turtle · Furrowed wood turtle · Large-nosed wood turtle · Maracaibo wood turtle · Mexican spotted wood turtle · Painted wood turtle · Spot-legged turtle

Sacalia	Beal's eyed turtle · Four-eyed turtle

Siebenrockiella	Black marsh turtle · Philippine forest turtle

Vijayachelys	Cane turtle

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2010 update: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status.

Order Testudines (turtles)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Testudines

Suborder

Superfamily

Family

Subfamily	Genus

Cryptodira

Chelydridae

	Chelydra Macrochelys

Chelonioidea

Cheloniidae

	Caretta Chelonia Eretmochelys Lepidochelys Natator

Dermochelyidae

	Dermochelys

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae

	Dermatemys

Kinosternidae

Kinosterninae	Kinosternon Sternotherus

Staurotypinae	Claudius Staurotypus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae

Deirochelyinae	Chrysemys Deirochelys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Trachemys

Emydinae	Clemmys Emys Glyptemys Terrapene

Geoemydidae

	Batagur Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys

Platysternidae

	Platysternon

Testudinidae

	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis Geochelone Gopherus Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria Psammobates Pyxis Stigmochelys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae

	Carettochelys

Trionychidae

Cyclanorbinae	Cyclanorbis Cycloderma Lissemys

Trionychinae	Amyda Apalone Chitra Dogania Nilssonia Palea Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx

Pleurodira

Chelidae

Chelidinae	Acanthochelys Chelus Mesoclemmys Phrynops Platemys Rhinemys

Chelodininae	Chelodina Elseya Elusor Emydura Pseudemydura Rheodytes

Hydromedusinae	Hydromedusa

Pelomedusidae

	Pelomedusa Pelusios

Podocnemididae

	Erymnochelys Peltocephalus Podocnemis

Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2010 update: annotated checklist. Extinct turtles not included.

See also List of Testudines families

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