Amboina box turtle

Amboina box turtle
Adult C. a. amboinensis from Sulawesi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[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. amboinensis
Binomial name
Cuora amboinensis Daudin, 1802
Synonyms[3]
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

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.