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Pan's box turtle (''Cuora pani'') is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). The 
yellow-headed box turtle
The yellow-headed box turtle or golden-headed box turtle (''Cuora aurocapitata'') is a proposed species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae (formerly Bataguridae). It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Pan's box turtle (''Cuora pani aurocapi ...
is sometimes included herein as a subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
(''Cuora pani aurocapitata'').
Etymology
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''pani'', is probably in honor of Chinese herpetologist Pan Lei.
The common name
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, Pan's box turtle, refers to the ability of ''C. pani'' to seal itself within its shell.
Geographic range
''Cuora pani pani'', thenominotypical subspecies
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, is endemic to the central Chinese
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provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).References
External links
* 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). {{Taxonbar, from=Q301446 Reptiles of China Cuora Reptiles described in 1984 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot