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Yellow-headed Box Turtle
Cuora aurocapitata
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 aurocapitata).
This turtle is endemic to the central Chinese Anhui province. It is found in Nanling County, Yi County, Guangde County, and Jing County.
From the article Yellow-headed box turtle on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
What it does
Yellow-headed box turtles are semi-aquatic omnivores who require a varied diet mainly consisting of earthworms, snails, small fish, leafy greens, fungi, various fruit and fallen berries.
Wikipedia: “Diet”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 39909.