 Juvenile Malayan Box Turtles ( Cuora amboinensis kamaroma) Amboina Box Turtle or Southeast Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis is a species of turtle. Distribution: India (Nicobar Islands, Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar (= Burma), Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines (Panay, Luzon etc.), E Indonesia (Sulawesi = Celebes, Amboina, Sumatra, Borneo, Nias, Enggano,Simeulue, Java, Sumbawa, Ambon, Halmahera, Ceram) kamaroma: mainland Indochina, Thailand (Phang-Nga etc.) Type locality: "Amboine" Island (or "Amboina"), Indonesia. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus) Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ...
Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with...
Superclasses Anapsida Eurapsida Diapsida Reptilia was an old kingdom or phylum classification that has since been divided into 4 classes. ...
Families See text Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudinata, most of whose body is shielded by a special bony shell developed from their ribs. ...
Most modern turtles and tortoises belong to this group. ...
Geoemydidae, (formerly known as Bataguridae), is the largest and most diverse family in the order Testudines (turtles) with about 75 species. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
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External links
- EMBL reptile database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Cuora_amboinensis1.jpg
References - Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000). Cuora amboinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used
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