Cuora yunnanensis (Boulenger, 1906)
Yunnan box turtle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Cyclemys yunnanensis Boulenger, 1906; Cyclemys yannanensis Boulenger, 1907; Cuora yunnanensis Smith, 1931; Cuora vunnanensis Wermuth & Mertens, 1977; Pyxiclemmys yunnanensis Vetter, 2006
Conservation Status
Last record: 1940
Rediscovered in: 2004
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution & Habitat
Yunnan, China
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Lectotype: BMNH 1946.1.22.97 [formerly 1905.5.30.34]
Paralectotypes:
BMNH 1946.1.22.98 [formerly 1905.5.29.2]
BMNH 1946.1.22.99 [formerly 1905.5.29.3]
BMNH 1946.1.23.1 [formerly 1905.5.29.4]
BMNH 1946.1.23.2 [formerly 1905.5.29.5]
SSTM/SNHM unnumbered [formerly BMNH 1946.1.23.3, itself formerly 1905.5.29.6]
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Boulenger, G. A. (1906). Descriptions of new reptiles from Yunnan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17(7): 567-568.
Other references:
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