Pan's box turtle
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Cuora pani

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 ).

Animal name origin

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

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

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

References

1. Pan's box turtle Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan's_box_turtle
2. Pan's box turtle on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5956/97359782

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