Cuora amboinensis

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Vulnerable

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of -300 meters (-983 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial ; Freshwater [2].

Ecology: Juveniles fully aquatic (marshes, swamps , ponds , pools , rice paddies); adults semi-aqautic.[2].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cistudo amboinensis DumÉril & Bibron 1835: 215 • Cuora amboinensis — Manthey & Grossmann 1997: 443 • Cyclemys amboinensis Boulenger 1889 • Emys couro GRAY in GRIFFITH 1831< /i> (Ex Errore) • Emys cuoro Schweigger 1812 • Terrapene bicolor Bell 1825 • Testudo amboinensis • Testudo amboinensis Daudin 1802 • Testudo fasciata Suckow 1798 • Testudo melanocephala Daudin 1802

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cuora

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. amboinensis (South Asian Box Turtle) · C. amboinensis amboinensis (Amboina Box Turtle; Southeast Asian Box Turtle) · C. aurocapitata (Yellow-Headed Box Turtle) · C. flavomarginata (Yellow-Margined Box Turtle) · C. flavomarginata flavomarginata (Yellow-Margined Box Turtle) · C. galbinifrons (Indochinese Box Turtle) · C. mccordi (McCord's Box Turtle) · C. mouhotii (Jagged-Shelled Turtle) · C. pani (Pan's Box Turtle) · C. mouhotii (Keeled Box Turtle) · C. trifasciata (Chinese Three-Striped Box Turtle) · C. yunnanensis (Yunnan Box Turtle) · C. zhoui (Zhou's Box Turtle)

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Further Reading

• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 107, p. 136, p. 158, p. 159, p. 175.
• Asiatic herpetological research. 4 1992 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url p. 32, p. 50, fig. 2, page 51, p. 52, figs. 23-30, page 60.
• Breviora. 1994 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 24.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 503.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 123 1960 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 116.
• Catalogue of shielf reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Pt. 1, Appendix. LondonPrinted by order of the Trustess1872 url p. 10.
• Checklist of CITES Species: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora CITES url p. 111, p. 164, p. 228, p. 147, p. 239.
• Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 1.
• Hand-list of the specimens of shield reptiles in the British Museum, LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees of the British Museum1873 url p. 20.
• IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas IUCN url p. 284, p. 40.
• Journal of anatomy and physiology. Cambridge [Eng., etc.]University Press url p. 51.
• List of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological society of London. London, The Society[1877] url p. 430.
• Nature Reserves of the Himalaya and the Mountains of Central Asia IUCN url p. 46, p. 463.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 439, p. 470.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 12, p. 13, p. 147, p. 147, p. 176, p. 230, p. 235, p. 372, p. 614, p. 661, p. 738, p. 75, p. 798, p. 843, p. 906.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 175.
• Reptilia and Batrachia / by George A. Boulenger. London: Taylor and Francis, 1890. url p. 31.
• Reptilia and Batrachia. By George A. Boulenger. London: Taylor and Francis, 1890. url p. 31.
• Reptilia and batrachia. By George A. Boulenger. London, Taylor and Francis, [etc., etc.]1890. url p. 31.
• Reptilia and batrachia. London, Taylor and Francis, 1890. url .
• Revised list of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. Supplement containing additions received in 1872, 1873, and 1874. London, For the Society, 1875. url p. 40, p. 52.
• Smithsonian year. 1965 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url p. 185.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 157, p. 157, p. 294.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. London: Academic Press [etc.], 1865-1968. url p. 19, p. 586.
• The Philippine journal of science. 16 1920 Manila. url p. 113, p. 114, p. 123.
• The University of Kansas science bulletin. 38 1958 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 1040, p. 108, p. 87.
• The fisheries exhibition literature. .. London, W. Clowes, 1884. url p. 152.
• The reptiles of British India / by Albert C. L. G. Günther. 1864 London: Pub. for the Ray society by R. Hardwicke, 1864. url p. 12, p. ix.
• Tortoises, terrapins, and turtles: drawn from life / by James de Carle Sowerby and Edward Lear. 1872 London, Paris, and Frankfort: H. Sotheran, J. Baer & co., 1872. url list of plates, page 15.

Notes

Contributors

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Cuora amboinensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 6 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• TIGR Reptile Database . Release date: October 2, 2007
• Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:

• California Academy of Sciences: CAS Herpetology Collection Catalog
• GBIF-Sweden: Herpetology (NRM)
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research: Herp Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2547098
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-9870
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551907
• IUCN ID: 203476
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4044

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 652.060 based on 8 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Cuora amboinensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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