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Cuora flavomarginata (GRAY, 1863)

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Higher TaxaGeoemydidae (Geoemydinae), Testudinoidea, Testudines (turtles)
SubspeciesCuora flavomarginata flavomarginata (GRAY 1863)
Cuora flavomarginata evelynae ERNST & LOVICH 1990 
Common NamesE: Snake-eating Turtle
G: Gelbrand-Scharnierschildkröte
evelynae: Ryukyu Yellow-margined Box Turtle
Chinese: 黄缘闭壳龟 
SynonymCistoclemmys flavomarginata GRAY 1863: 175
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata GRAY 1864: 107
Cuora flavomarginata — GÜNTHER 1864: 13
Cyclemys flavomarginata — BOULENGER 1889: 135
Cuora amboinensis OKADA 1891 (not of DAUDIN)
Cyclemys flavomarginata — STEJNEGER 1907: 503
Cyclemys flavomarginata sinensis HSÜ 1930
Cuora flavomarginata — KAHL et al. 1980: 115
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata — KING & BURKE 1989
Cuora flavomarginata — ERNST & BARBOUR 1989: 147
Cuora flavomarginata — XIANGKUI 1994
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata — OBST 2003: 17
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata — BONIN et al. 2006
Cuora flavomarginata sinensis — ERNST & LOVICH 2008
Cuora flavomarginata flavomarginata — TTWG 2021

Cuora flavomarginata evelynae ERNST & LOVICH 1990
Cuora evelynae ERNST & LOVICH 1990
Cuora flavomarginata evelynae — MCCORD & IVERSON 1991
Cuora flavomarginata evelynae — FRITZ & OBST 1998
Cistoclemmys flavomarginata evelynae — OBST 2003: 17
Cuora flavomarginata evelynae — GORIS & MAEDA 2004
Cuora evelynae — ERNST & LOVICH 2008
Cuora evelynae — RHODIN et al. 2010
Cuora flavomarginata evelynae — TTWG 2014
Cuora flavomarginata evelynae — TTWG 2021 
DistributionS China (Fukien, Hunan, and possibly Sichuan provinces, Guangxi, Fujian),
Taiwan, Japan (Ryukyu Islands: Ishigaki Shima, Iriomote)

Type locality: "China. . .Formosa"; restricted to Tamsuy, northwest Formosa [=Taiwan] by Mertens and Wermuth 1955:345.

evelynae: Ryukyu Islands, Japan.  
Reproductionoviparous. 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1947.3.5.50 and 1947.3.5.68.
Holotype: CAS 26113 [evelynae] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2957 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentOTANI et al. (1995) reported hybrids between M. japonica and Cuora flavomarginata and between Geoemyda japonica and C. flavomarginata.

This species is considered “vulnerable” in Japan (Ota 2000).

Photo in HR 43: 215: evelynae. 
References
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