Golden coin turtle
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Cuora |
Species: | C. trifasciata
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Binomial name | |
Cuora trifasciata (Bell, 1825)
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Synonyms[3][4] | |
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The golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata), also known commonly as the Chinese three-banded box turtle and the Chinese three-striped box turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is native to southern China.[3] There are two recognized subspecies.
Geographic range
C. trifasciata is distributed in China, but only on the island of
Description
C. trifasciata has three distinct black stripes on its brown
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the
- Cuora trifasciata luteocephala Blanck, Protiva, Zhou, Y. Li, Crow & Tiedemann, 2017
- Cuora trifasciata trifasciata (Bell, 1825)
Diet
In Hong Kong, C. trifasciata feeds mainly on fishes, frogs, and carrion, but remains of crabs, snails, and insects have also been found in its feces. It can grow up to a straight-line carapace length of 25 cm (10 in).[6]
Hybridization
C. trifasciata
Conservation
The species C. trifasciata is considered
Farming
C. trifasciata is raised on some of China's
The largest C. trifasciata farming operation is said to be located in Boluo County, Guangdong. According to the farm's founder Li Yi (李艺), the farm was started in 1989 with eight wild turtles (two males and six females) bought at a local market, and now has "over 2000" turtles.[17] According to the farm's site, captive-born turtles start breeding at 8 years of age.[18]
References
- . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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- ^ a b Species Cuora trifasciata at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Blanck et al. (2006)
- ^ "Reptile of Hong Kong". www.biosch.hku.hk. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ Parham et al. (2001), Buskirk et al. (2005)
- ^ ATTWG (2000)
- ^ da Nóbrega Alves et al. (2008)
- ^ a b c d "Turtles in Trouble: The World's 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles" (PDF). International Union for Conservation of Nature. February 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
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- ^ Cavaliere, Courtney (2010). "How TCM Purchases in Western Markets Can Impact Bear Farming Practices in Asia". HerbalGram. American Botanical Council. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Conclusions from the Workshop on Trade in Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles in Asia". Asian Turtle Trade Working Group. 1 December 1999.
- ^ a b c d e Platt, John R. (20 March 2013). "5 Turtles from Nearly Extinct Species Fly Home to Hong Kong". Scientific American Blog Network. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ Norris, Scott (27 March 2007). "China's Turtle Farms Threaten Rare Species, Experts Say". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on April 28, 2007.
- ^ James, Parham; Shi, Haitao (2001). "The Discovery of Mauremys iversoni-like Turtles at a Turtle Farm in Hainan Province, China: The Counterfeit Golden Coin". Asiatic Herpetological Research.
- ^ 财富人物:金钱龟"中国第一人" ("People and fortune: Country's No. 1 Golden-coin-turtle man") 2007-09-24 (in Chinese)
- ^ Liyi Gold-coin Turtle Breeding Farm: Breeding and reproduction[permanent dead link]
Further reading
- Bell T (1825). "A Monograph of the Tortoises having a moveable Sternum, with Remarks on their Arrangement and Affinities". Zoological Journal, London 2: 299–310. (Sternothærus trifasciatus, new species, pp. 305–306. (in English and Latin).
- Blanck T, McCord WP, Le MD (2006). On the Variability of Cuora trifasciata. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 153 pp.
- Blanck T, Protiva T, Zhou T, Li Y, Crow P, Tiedemann R (2017). "New subspecies of Cuora cyclornata (Blanck, McCord & Le, 2006), Cuora trifasciata (Bell, 1825) and Cuora aurocapitata (Luo & Zong, 1988)". Sichuan Journal of Zoology 36 (4): 368–385. (Cuora trifasciata luteocephala, new subspecies). (in Chinese and English).
- Buskirk, James R.; Parham, James F.; Feldman, Chris R. (2005). "On the hybridisation between two distantly related Asian turtles (Testudines: Sacalia × Mauremys)". Salamandra 41: 21–26. PDF fulltext[permanent dead link]
- da Nóbrega Alves, Rômulo Romeu; da Silva Vieira, Washington Luiz; (HTML abstract, PDF first page)
- Parham, James Ford; Simison, W. Brian; Kozak, Kenneth H.; Feldman, Chris R.; Shi, Haitao (2001). "New Chinese turtles: endangered or invalid? A reassessment of two species using mitochondrial DNA, allozyme electrophoresis and known-locality specimens". Animal Conservation 4 (4): 357–367. PDF fulltext Erratum: Animal Conservation 5 (1): 86 HTML abstract