Yellow-headed box turtle

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).

Female

Plastron

Yellow-headed box turtle
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	C. aurocapitata
Binomial name
Cuora aurocapitata Luo & Zong, 1988[3]
Synonyms[4]
Cuora aurocapitata Luo & Zhong, 1988 Cuora aureocapitata Patterson, 1994 (ex errore) Cuora pani aurocapitata Artner, 2003 Pyxiclemmys aurocapitata Vetter, 2006 Pyxiclemmys pani aurocapitata Vetter, 2006

This turtle is endemic to the central Chinese Anhui province.^[5][6][7] It is found in Nanling County, Yi County, Guangde County, and Jing County.