Cuora flavomarginata

Cuora flavomarginata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Geoemydinae
Genus: Cuora
Species: Cuora flavomarginata
Subspecies: C. f. evelynae – C. f. flavomarginata

Name

• Cuora flavomarginata (Gray 1863)
  • Holotype:
  • Type locality: "China...Formosa"; restricted to Tamsuy, northwest Formosa [=Taiwan] by Mertens and Wermuth 1955:345.

Synonymy

• Cistoclemmys flavomarginata Gray 1863: 175
  • Cistoclemmys flavomarginata Gray 1864: 107
  • Cuora flavomarginata Günther 1864: 13
  • Cyclemys flavomarginata Boulenger 1889: 135
  • Cuora amboinensis Okada 1891 (not of Daudin)
  • Cyclemys flavomarginata Stejneger 1907: 503
  • Cyclemys flavomarginata sinensis Hsü 1930
  • Cuora flavomarginata Kahl et al. 1980: 115
  • Cistoclemmys flavomarginata King & Burke 1989
  • Cuora flavomarginata evelynae Ernst & Lovich 1990
  • Cuora evelynae Ernst & Lovich 1990
  • Cuora flavomarginata evelynae McCord & Iverson 1991
  • Cuora flavomarginata Xiangkui 1994
  • Cuora flavomarginata evelynae Fritz & Obst 1998
  • Cistoclemmys flavomarginata Obst 2003: 17
  • Cistoclemmys flavomarginata evelynae Obst 2003: 17
  • Cuora flavomarginata evelynae Goris & Maeda 2004
  • Cuora flavomarginata sinensis Ernst & Lovich 2008
  • Cuora evelynae Ernst & Lovich 2008
  • Cuora evelynae Rhodin et al. 2010
  • Cuora flavomarginata evelynae TTWG 2014
  • Cuora flavomarginata flavomarginata TTWG 2014

References

• Gray, J.E. 1863. Observations on the box tortoises, with the descriptions of three new Asiatic species. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1863: 173-179
• Ernst, C.H. & Lovich,E.J. 1990. A new species of Cuora (Reptilia: Testudines: Emydidae) from the Ryukyu Islands. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 103 (1): 26-34
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.) 2014. Turtles of the world, 7th edition: annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution with maps, and conservation status. Chelonian Research Monographs 5: 329–479. PDF. Reference page. 
• Turtle Taxonomy Working Group (Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B. & van Dijk, P.P.). 2017. Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (8th Ed.). Chelonian Research Monographs 7: 1–292. ISBN 978-1-5323-5026-9. DOI: 10.3854/crm.7.checklist.atlas.v8.2017. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cuora flavomarginata. The Reptile Database.
• IUCN: Cuora flavomarginata  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

čeština: Želva lemovaná
Deutsch: Gelbrand-Scharnierschildkröte
English: Yellow-margined box turtle, Chinese box turtle
日本語: セマルハコガメ
slovenčina: Kuora žltookrajová
中文: 黄缘盒龟、黄缘闭壳龟

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