Cuora trifasciata

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

Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 3 meters (9 feet).[1]

Ecology: Semi-aquatic[2].

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cistudo trifasciata DumÉril & Bibron 1835: 219 • Cuora trifasciata — King & Burke 1989 • Cuora trifasciata — Xiangkui 1994 • Cuora trifasciata — Zhou Et Al. 2007 • Cyclemys trifasciata Boulenger 1889 • Ocadia philippeni • Sternothaerus trifasciatus • Sternothaerus trifasciatus Bell 1825

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Wink et al. (2001) and Parham et al. (2001) suggested that Mauremys iversoni is a hybrid between Cuora trifasciata and M. mutica. Picture in Draco 13 (4): 94 (2003). This is one of the most endangered turtle species according to a 2003 assessment by the IUCN . Little or no mitochondrial DNA variation was found among the morphologically distinct species Cuora aurocapitata, Cuora pani, and Cuora trifasciata (STUART & PARHAM 2004). According to SCHILDE (2004) the type locality of this species is not known. C. trifasciata and C. pani are paraphyletic (SPINKS et al. 2007).

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)

More Info

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Further Reading

• Asiatic herpetological research. 9 2001 Berkeley, Calif.: Asiatic Herpetological Research Society; c1990- url parham & shi, fig. 1, page 71, figs. 2-3, page 72, fig. 4, page 73, p. 74, p. 76.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 123 1960 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 116.
• Catalogue of shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum / by John Edward Gray. London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1855-1872. url p. 42.
• Catalogue of the chelonians, rhynchocephalians, and crocodiles in the British museum (Natural history). London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1889. url p. 133, p. 135.
• 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. 228, p. 98.
• Checklist of reptiles and amphibians listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation 338/97 JNCC url p. 2.
• Chinese herpetological research. 2 1989 Berkeley, Calif.: Chinese Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, [1988-1989] url p. 66.
• Hand-list of the specimens of shield reptiles in the British Museum, LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees of the British Museum1873 url p. 19, p. 22.
• Proceedings and transactions of the South London Entomological & Natural History Society. London: The Society. url p. 25.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 470.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 103, p. 110.
• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. London: Academic Press, [etc.], 1833-1965. url p. 176, p. 198.
• Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 209, p. 219, p. 232.
• 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. 107, p. 107, p. 108, p. 108, p. 264, p. 294, p. 295.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 34 1974 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 43.
• The biology of senescence. New York, Rinehart, 1956. url p. 51.
• The reptiles of China: turtles, crocodilians, snakes, lizards / by Clifford H. Pope; with 78 illustrations in the text, including a map, and 27 plates at end. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1935. url , p. 32.

Notes

Contributors

• Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Cuora trifasciata. 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 2 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:

• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2547106
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-2105
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 551913
• IUCN ID: 203483
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4048

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 36.940 based on 3 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Asian Turtle Trade Working Group 2000. Cuora trifasciata. 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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