Cuora pani

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Division: Pan-Testudines
Division: Testudinata
Ordo: Testudines
Subordo: Cryptodira
Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Geoemydidae
Subfamilia: Geoemydinae
Genus: Cuora
Species: Cuora pani
Subspecies: C. p. aurocapitata – C. p. pani
Name

Cuora pani Song, 1984

Type locality: China, Shaanxi Province, Pingli County, Xujiaba, alt. 420 m.

Holotype: SIZ. male ♂. 17.VI.1981. legit Ming-Tao Song, SIZ 80170.
Synonymy

Cuora chriskarannarum Ernst & McCord, 1987 (synonymized by McCord & Iverson, 1991)

References

Song, M.T. 1984. A new species of the turtle genus Cuora (Testudoformes: Testudinidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 9(3): 330–332. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Song, M.T. 2001. Translation: A new species of the turtle genus Cuora (Testudoformes: Testudinidae) Asiatic Herpetological Research 9: 142–144. BHL Reference page.
IUCN: Cuora pani Song, 1984 (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names
čeština: Želva Panova
English: Pan's box turtle
日本語: シェンシーハコガメ

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).
Plastron
Etymology

The specific name, pani, is probably in honor of Chinese herpetologist Pan Lei.[4]

The common name, Pan's box turtle, refers to the ability of C. pani to seal itself within its shell.[5]
Geographic range

Cuora pani pani, the nominotypical subspecies, is endemic to the central Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).[1]
References

Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2016) [errata version of 2000 assessment]. "Cuora pani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T5956A97359782. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T5956A11949874.en. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 218. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cuora pani, p. 200).

"Pan's box turtle videos, photos and facts - Cuora pani ". Arkive. Archived from the original on 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2018-10-07.

External links

"Cuora pani (Pan's Box Turtle)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2018-10-07. Listed as Critically Endangered (CR A1d+2d).
Species Cuora pani at The Reptile Database

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).