Bourret's box turtle

Bourret's box turtle

Central vietnamese flowerback box turtle, Indochinese box turtle

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Cuora bourreti

Bourret's box turtle (Cuora bourreti), 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.

Animal name origin

C. bourreti is named in honor of French herpetologist René Léon Bourret.

Appearance

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).

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C. bourreti is found in central Vietnam and adjacent Laos.

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The preferred natural habitat of C. bourreti is forest, at altitudes of 300–1,800 m (980–5,910 ft).

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References

1. Bourret's box turtle Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourret's_box_turtle
2. Bourret's box turtle on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/163447/123815632

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