Ryukyu Box Turtle

Cistoclemmys flavomarginata has been given a variety of common names including Chinese box turtle, yellow-margined box turtle, golden-headed turtle and snake-eating turtle. Its generic status has been fluid. a weakly distinguished taxon from southern mainland China and C. f. evelynae from the Ryukyu Islands that has also been proposed as a

These box turtles occur in Central China Hunan, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, eastern Sichuan, Zhejiang amp Jiangsu provinces generally along the Yangtze drainage. They can also be found in Taiwan and Japan, specifically the Ryukyu Islands, Ishigaki, and Iriomote. Chinese box turtles inhabit ponds, rivers, streams, and rice paddies.

Flavos occur in southern China as well as Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands. One particular habitat was described by Mao 1971 as a forested hill alongside a shaded stream with extremely luxurious high-stemmed vegetation. Box turtle research is often completely devoid of hatchling data, because these turtles live completely different lives

The Chinese box turtle was described by John Edward Gray in 1863 based upon one specimen from China without precise locality and another from Taiwan. The Ryukyu populations are generally considered to be safe, although specimens have turned up in the Chinese trade in recent years.

Ryukyu box turtle Cuora flavomarginata evelynae Conservation status. Endangered 1 CITES Appendix II 2 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom The name box turtle refers to C. flavomarginata's ability to bring the plastron to the edges of the carapace. This is enabled by a hinge on the plastron and ligaments connecting

Cuora flavomarginata evelynae is a subspecies of reptiles with 115 observations

Ryukyu Yellow-margined Box Turtle. Kingdom. Animalia. Location in Taxonomic Tree . Species. Cuora flavomarginata. Subspecies. Cuora flavomarginata evelynae. Identification Numbers. TSN 949812. Geography. Working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.

yellow-margined box turtle yellow-rimmed box turtle Chinese box turtle snail-eating box turtle Hatchling photos by Julie Fear Taiwan, and Ryukyu Islands of Japan. Natural habitats have not been thoroughly studied in the wild. Groups of these turtles have been seen on the banks of mountain streams. They have also been observed swimming in

- The yellow-margined box turtle, Cuora flavomarginata, Family Geoemydidae, is a small species carapace length to 190 mm, that occurs in eastern and southern continental China, Taiwan, and the southern Ryukyus of Japan. The species is mainly terrestrial and is found in and around primary and dense secondary forests, feeding on both small

Identification C. flavomarginata exhibits a dark brown carapace often with a yellow vertebral stripe and yellow to reddish edges on the marginal scutes and adjacent plastral scutes. This characteristic yields the name yellow-margined box turtle. The carapace is highly domed and reaches 17 cm long. The head is gray to pale green on top with yellow sides Conner and Wheeler, 1998 Oakland Zoo