| Amboina box turtle |
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| Adult C. a. amboinensis from Sulawesi |
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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. amboinensis |
| Binomial name |
Cuora amboinensis
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| Synonyms |
- Cuora amboinensis amboinensis
- Testudo amboinensis Daudin, 1801
- Testudo melanocephala Daudin, 1801
- Emys amboinensis Schweigger, 1812
- Emys melanocephala Schweigger, 1812
- Terrapene amboinensis Merrem, 1820
- Kinosternon amboinense Bell, 1825 (ex errore)
- Cistuda amboinensis Gray, 1830
- Clemmys (Clemmys) melanocephala Fitzinger, 1835
- Cuora amboinensis Gray, 1856
- Cistudo amboinensis Boulenger, 1889
- Cyclemys amboinensis Boulenger, 1889
- Cuora ambionensis Goldsmith, Proctor, Cole & Dadd, 1969 (ex errore)
- Cuora amboiensis Nutaphand, 1979 (ex errore)
- Cuora amboinensis amboinensis Rummler & Fritz, 1991
- Cuora amboinensis couro
- Emys couro Schweigger, 1812
- Terrapene bicolor Bell, 1825
- Terrapene couro Fitzinger, 1826
- Emys cuoro Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 (ex errore)
- Cuora amboinensis couro Rummler & Fritz, 1991
- Cuora amboinensis cuoro Das, 1995
- Cuora amboinensis kamaroma
- Terrapene bicolor Bell, 1825
- Cuora amboinensis kamaroma Rummler & Fritz, 1991
- Cuora amboinensis kanzaroma Artner, 2003 (ex errore)
- Cuora amboinensis lineata
- Cuora amboinensis lineata McCord & Philippen, 1998
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The Amboina box turtle or Southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) is a species of Asian box turtle widely distributed across Southeast Asia. It is native to the Asian mainland from northeast India, through Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand, across Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. It is also found on the archipelagos of Indonesia and the Philippines.
The type locality is "Amboine" (or "Amboina") Island, today Ambon Island in Indonesia.