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Mccords Box Turtle

Mccords Box Turtle
Cuora mccordi

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. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Reptiles, or members of the class Reptilia are air-breathing Cold-blooded Vertebrates that have skin covered in scales as opposed to hair or feathers Turtles, Tortoises, and Terrapins are ectothermic Reptiles most of whose Body is shielded by a special Cryptodira is the taxonomic Suborder of Testudines that includes most living Tortoises and Turtles Cryptodira differ from Pleurodira Testudinoidea is a superfamily within the taxinomic suborder Cryptodira of Testudines. Geoemydidae (formerly known as Batagurinae) is the largest and most diverse family in the order Testudines (turtles with about 75 Species Geoemydinae is a Subfamily of Turtles Cuora, the Asian Box turtle is a Genus of the family Geoemydidae comprising some 10-11 Species with about the same mccordi

Binomial name

Cuora mccordi
Ernst, 1988

McCord's Box turtle (Cuora mccordi) is a species of the southeast Asian Genus Cuora (family Geoemydidae). Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Cuora, the Asian Box turtle is a Genus of the family Geoemydidae comprising some 10-11 Species with about the same Geoemydidae (formerly known as Batagurinae) is the largest and most diverse family in the order Testudines (turtles with about 75 Species

adult female

Plastron

Described by Ernst in 1988 from the Chinese pet trade, this turtle lacked distribution data for 19 years until Zhou et al. Turtles are Reptiles of the Order Testudines (all living turtles belong to the Crown group Chelonia) most of (2007) were able to report it from the wild. This species is highly endemic to Chinese Guangxi Province. Guangxi (or Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region;) is a Zhuang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. This is one of the most endangered Chinese endemic turtle species, highly sought after by the traditional Chinese medicine and turtle hobbyists. Traditional Chinese medicine (also known as TCM,) includes a range of traditional medical practices originating in China. Once thought to reach only 14cm 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.

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