The yellow-headed box turtle or golden-headed box turtle (''Cuora aurocapitata'') is a proposed
species
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of
turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order (biology), order Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Crypt ...
in the
family
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Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). It is sometimes considered a
subspecies
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of
Pan's box turtle (''Cuora pani aurocapitata'').

This turtle is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to the central Chinese
Anhui
Anhui is an inland Provinces of China, province located in East China. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze and Huai rivers, bordering Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east, Jiang ...
province.
[Blanck, T. & T. Kremser (2007). ''Bemerkungen zur Verbreitung von Cuora pani aurocapitata sowie neue Fundortnachweise. Teil II.'' Marginata. 14(4):50-52] It is found in
Nanling County
Nanling County () is a county in the southeast of Anhui Province, China. It is under the administration of Wuhu City.
Administrative divisions
Nanling County is divided to 8 towns.
Climate
References
Wuhu
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,
Yi County,
Guangde County, and
Jing County.
References
Reptiles of China
Cuora
Reptiles described in 1988
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Critically endangered fauna of China
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