Species

Cuora aurocapitata

Cuora aurocapitata · described by LUO & ZONG 1988

Cuora amboinensis, a close relative of Cuora aurocapitata

Pictured: Cuora amboinensis, a close relative from the same genus. This species is still waiting for its first free photo.

Photo: MacPoli1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The facts

Scientific name
Cuora aurocapitata
First described
LUO & ZONG 1988
Class
Reptiles (Reptilia)
Order
Turtles and Tortoises (Testudines)
Family
Geoemydidae
Genus
Cuora
Subspecies
  • Cuora aurocapitata aurocapitata LUO & ZONG 1988
  • Cuora aurocapitata dabieshani BLANCK, PROTIVA, ZHOU, LI, CROW & TIEDEMANN 2017

Taxonomic data: Uetz, P. et al. (eds.), The Reptile Database, under CC-BY 4.0.

Where it sits on the tree