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Cuora yunnanensis (Yunnan Box Turtle)

Synonyms: Cyclemys yunnanensis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Yunnan box turtle (Cuora yunnanensis) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). It is believed to be endemic to China (Yunnan) and was suspected to be extinct since the early 20th century; the last verified specimen was collected in 1940.
View Wikipedia Record: Cuora yunnanensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Cuora yunnanensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.349 lbs (612 g)
Birth Weight [1]  7 grams
Female Weight [1]  1.874 lbs (850 g)
Male Weight [1]  375 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  126.7 %
Gestation [1]  66 days
Litter Size [2]  8

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Yunnan Plateau subtropical evergreen forests China Palearctic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
SE of Kunming China

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Turtles and Tortoises Demographic Traits Database for CITES Listed Species ver. 01, Species360 (2018)
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0