Bourret's box turtle

Bourret's box turtle
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	Cuora bourreti
Binomial name
Cuora bourreti Obst & Reimann, 1994[1]
Synonyms[2]
Cuora galbinifrons bourreti Obst & Reimann, 1994 Cistoclemmys galbinifrons bourreti Bour, 2002 Cuora bourreti Stuart & Parham, 2004 Cistoclemmys bourreti Vetter, 2006

The Bourret's box turtle (Cuora bourreti )^[1] is a turtle subspecies found in central Vietnam and adjacent Laos and commonly called the central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle.

Taxonomy

Although Stuart and Parham (2004) argued that it was quite distinct, possibly enough to justify its elevation to a full species, ostelogic studies by Fritz et al. (2006) have shown that it probably better remains as a subspecies of C. galbinifrons. This is further substantiated by the finding of intergradation zones in north-centralvietnam, where hybrid populations of C. g. galbinifrons and C. g. bourreti are known to exist (Fritz et al. 2003).

Etymology

This turtle is named in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.^[3]

In captivity

The Vietnamese press has reported successful breeding of these turtles at a turtle farm in Phu Yen Province.^[4]

Gallery

References

Bibliography

• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Bour, Roger (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-22. 
• Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. 

Further reading

• Fritz, Uwe; Petzold, Antje; Auer, Markus. 2006. Osteology in the Cuora galbinifrons complex suggests conspecifity of C. bourreti and C. galbinifrons, with notes on shell osteology and phalangeal formulae within the Geoemydidae. Amphibia- Reptilia 27 (2): 195-205.

• Fritz U, Ziegler T, Herrmann H-W, Lehr E. 2002. Intergradation between subspecies of Cuora galbinifrons Bourret, 1939 and Pyxidea mouhotii (Gray, 1862) in southern North Vietnam. Faun. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 23: 59-74.

• Obst FJ, Reimann M. 1994. "Bemerkenswerte Variabilität bei Cuora galbinifrons Bourret, 1939, mit Beschreibung einer neuen geographischen Unterart: Cuora galbinifrons bourreti subsp. nov." Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 48: 125-138.

• Stuart BL, Parham JF. 2004. Molecular phylogeny of the critically endangered Indochinese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 31: 164-177.

External links

• Cuora galbinifrons at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 July 2007.
• "Cuora galbinifrons". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 July 2008. 

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