Cuora philippinensis Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray & Anders 2023

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Main Authors: Sanguila, Marites B., Labaja, Ana Cristina O., Bernstein, Justin M., Brown, Rafe M.
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author Sanguila, Marites B.
Labaja, Ana Cristina O.
Bernstein, Justin M.
Brown, Rafe M.
author_facet Sanguila, Marites B.
Labaja, Ana Cristina O.
Bernstein, Justin M.
Brown, Rafe M.
contents <p><i>Cuora philippinensis</i> Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray & Anders, 2023</p><p><b>Vernacular name.</b></p><p>Philippine Box Turtle</p><p><b>Material examined.</b></p><p>Philippines • 1 individual; Mindanao, Agusan del Sur Province, Municipality of Rosario, Barangay Novele, Sitio Palibo; 08°20'34"N, 125°56'46"E; BIRC 774 • 1 individual; Municipality of Talacogon, Barangay La Flora; 08°23'48"N, 125°52'11"E; MBS 2208 (salvaged).</p><p><b>Identification.</b></p><p>A freshwater box turtle (plastron length 95–139 mm), carapace with vertebral keels and slightly serrated posterior margin, plastron has prominent black nearly completely closing shell in adult, head uniform dark brown above continuing on the neck, a dorsolateral yellow stripe from point of snout, along canthus rostralis, and through the upper part of the orbit, bordered below by a dark brown line which runs through the eye (Taylor 1920 a, b; Diesmos et al. 2008).</p><p><b>Remarks.</b></p><p>This species is widely distributed throughout the Philippines and occurs locally in disturbed and cultivated areas adjacent to the freshwater swamp forest of Agusan Marsh. Individuals are often kept as pets by the local people. Recently distinguished from the widespread Southeast Asian species <i>C. amboinensis</i>, the Philippine freshwater box turtle <i>C. philippinensis</i> appears most closely related to populations from Sulawesi and the Moluccas, Indonesia (Blanck et al. 2023).</p>
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spellingShingle Cuora philippinensis Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray & Anders 2023
Sanguila, Marites B.
Labaja, Ana Cristina O.
Bernstein, Justin M.
Brown, Rafe M.
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Geoemydidae
Cuora
Cuora philippinensis
<p><i>Cuora philippinensis</i> Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray & Anders, 2023</p><p><b>Vernacular name.</b></p><p>Philippine Box Turtle</p><p><b>Material examined.</b></p><p>Philippines • 1 individual; Mindanao, Agusan del Sur Province, Municipality of Rosario, Barangay Novele, Sitio Palibo; 08°20'34"N, 125°56'46"E; BIRC 774 • 1 individual; Municipality of Talacogon, Barangay La Flora; 08°23'48"N, 125°52'11"E; MBS 2208 (salvaged).</p><p><b>Identification.</b></p><p>A freshwater box turtle (plastron length 95–139 mm), carapace with vertebral keels and slightly serrated posterior margin, plastron has prominent black nearly completely closing shell in adult, head uniform dark brown above continuing on the neck, a dorsolateral yellow stripe from point of snout, along canthus rostralis, and through the upper part of the orbit, bordered below by a dark brown line which runs through the eye (Taylor 1920 a, b; Diesmos et al. 2008).</p><p><b>Remarks.</b></p><p>This species is widely distributed throughout the Philippines and occurs locally in disturbed and cultivated areas adjacent to the freshwater swamp forest of Agusan Marsh. Individuals are often kept as pets by the local people. Recently distinguished from the widespread Southeast Asian species <i>C. amboinensis</i>, the Philippine freshwater box turtle <i>C. philippinensis</i> appears most closely related to populations from Sulawesi and the Moluccas, Indonesia (Blanck et al. 2023).</p>
title Cuora philippinensis Blanck, Gaillard, Protiva, Wheatley, Shi, Liu, Ray & Anders 2023
topic Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Testudines
Cryptodira
Geoemydidae
Cuora
Cuora philippinensis
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18921292