McCord's box turtle
Adult female
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Cuora
Species:
C. mccordi
Binomial name
Cuora mccordi
Ernst, 1988
Synonyms[2]
  • Cuora mccordi
    Ernst, 1988
  • Cuora accordi [sic]
    Nöllert, 1992 (ex errore)
  • Cistoclemmys mccordi
    — Vetter, 2006

McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi) is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is native to China.

Etymology

The specific name, mccordi, is in honor of American veterinarian William Patrick McCord (born 1950).[3]

Taxonomy

Originally described by American herpetologist Carl Henry Ernst in 1988 from a specimen obtained from the Chinese pet trade, C. mccordi lacked geographic range data for 19 years until Chinese herpetologist Ting Zhou et al. (2007) were able to report it from the wild.

Geographic range

McCord's box turtle is endemic to central Guangxi province, China.[4]

Conservation status

C. mccordi is one of the most endangered Chinese endemic turtle species, highly sought after for traditional Chinese medicine and by turtle hobbyists.

Juvenile
Plastron

Description

Once thought to reach only 14 cm (5.5 in) straight carapace length, specimens of McCord's box turtle of up to 18 cm (7.1 in) straight carapace length are known now.

References

  1. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ↑ Fritz & Havaš, 2007.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Cuora mccordi, p. 172).
  4. ↑ Species Cuora mccordi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

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