Golden coin turtle

Golden coin turtle
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cuora
Species:
C. trifasciata
Binomial name
Cuora trifasciata
(Bell, 1825)
Synonyms
List
    • Sternothaerus trifasciatus
      Bell, 1825
    • Emys (Cistuda) trifasciata
      — Gray, 1831
    • Cistuda trifasciata
      — Gray, 1831
    • Cistudo trifasciata
      — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835
    • Cuora trifasciata
      — Gray, 1856
    • Pyxidemys trifasciata
      — Fitzinger, 1861
    • Terrapene trifasciata
      — Strauch, 1862
    • Cyclemys trifasciata
      — Boulenger, 1889
    • Cuora [cyclornata] cyclornata
      Blanck, McCord & Le, 2006
    • Cuora cyclornata meieri
      Blanck, McCord & Le, 2006
    • Pyxiclemmys trifasciata
      — Vetter, 2006
    • Cuora trifasciata
      — Zhou, McCord, Blanck & P. Li, 2007

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. It has two recognized subspecies.

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