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Bourret's box turtle
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Bourret's box turtle (Cuora bourreti),[3] also known commonly as the central Vietnamese flowerback box turtle and the Indochinese box turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia.
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Geographic range
C. bourreti is found in central Vietnam and adjacent Laos.[1][5]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of C. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,800 m (980–5,910 ft).[1]
Description
C. bourreti may attain a straight-line carapace length of 20 cm (7.9 in). Adult females and adult males are about the same size. Hatchlings have a straight-line carapace length of 4.5–5.0 cm (1.8–2.0 in).[1]
Taxonomy
Although Stuart and Parham (2004) argued that C. bourreti was quite distinct, possibly enough to justify its elevation to a full species, osteologic studies[4] have shown that it probably better remains as a subspecies of C. galbinifrons. This is further substantiated by the finding of intergradation zones in north-central Vietnam, where hybrid populations of C. g. galbinifrons and C. g. bourreti are known to exist.[4]
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Etymology
C. bourreti is named in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.[6]
In captivity
The Vietnamese press has reported successful breeding of C. bourreti at a turtle farm in Dak Lak, Vietnam by a pharmacist who studied in France.[citation needed]
Two Bourret's box turtles hatched at the National Zoo in the United States on 12 June 2017.[7]
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