Cuora amboinensis

Cuora amboinensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Division: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Geoemydinae
Genus: Cuora
Species: Cuora amboinensis
Subspecies: C. a. amboinensis – C. a. couro – C. a. kamaroma – C. a. lineata

Name

Cuora amboinensis (Daudin 1802)

Type locality: "Amboine" Island (or “Amboina”), Indonesia.

Holotype: MNHN.

Synonyms

• Testudo fasciata Suckow 1798
• Testudo amboinensis Daudin 1802
• Testudo melanocephala Daudin 1802
• Terrapene bicolor Bell 1825
• Emys couro Gray in Griffith 1831 (ex errore)
• Cuora amboinensis Gray 1856: 264
• Cistudo amboinensisDuméril & Bibron 1835: 215
• Cistudo Amboinensis Duméril & Bibron 1854: 224
• Cyclemys amboinensis Boulenger 1889
• Cuora amboinensis Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 443

References

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Second. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 432 pp. + plates XVI–XXVIII. BHL Reference page. 
• Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997: Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. ISBN 3-931587-12-6. Reference page. 
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). (ISBN: 978-1-5323-5026-9). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Cuora amboinensis at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 30 sep 2008.
• IUCN: Cuora amboinensis (Riche in Daudin, 1801) (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Amboina Box Turtle; Southeast Asian Box Turtle
日本語: マレーハコガメ
ไทย: เต่าหับ
中文: 马来闭壳龟, 安布闭壳龟

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