Pan's box turtle explained

Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The yellow-headed box turtle is sometimes included herein as a subspecies (Cuora pani aurocapitata).

The Pan's box turtle is a highly endangered species on the verge of extinction. Each catch of the Pan's box turtle rewards upwards of $10,000 per trade (Turtle Conservancy, 2017).

Etymology

The specific name, pani, is probably in honor of Chinese herpetologist Pan Lei.^[1]

The common name, Pan's box turtle, refers to its ability to seal itself within its shell.^[2]

Geographic range

Cuora pani pani, the nominotypical subspecies, is endemic to the central Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).

References

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External links

• Cuora pani (Pan's Box Turtle). 2018-10-07. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d).

Further reading

• Blanck T, Tang M (2005). "Ein neuer Fundort von Cuora pani SONG, 1984 mit Diskussion über den taxonomischen Status von Cuora pani und Cuora aurocapitata". SACALIA 7 (3), 2005: 16-37.
• Song, Ming-tao (1984). "A new species of the turtle genus Cuora (Testudoformes: Testudinidae)". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 9 (3): 330-332. (Cuora pani, new species). (in Chinese, with summary in English).

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Cuora pani, p. 200).
2. Web site: Pan's box turtle videos, photos and facts - Cuora pani . https://web.archive.org/web/20101115065838/http://www.arkive.org/pans-box-turtle/cuora-pani/. dead. 2010-11-15. Arkive. en-GB. 2018-10-07.
3. Web site: 2017-10-04 . Turtle Conservancy — First Hatching of Second Generation Pan's Box Turtles in the United States . 2023-10-27 . Turtle Conservancy . en-US.