#cuora amboinensis

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Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis) Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, 31st March 2016

Animals & Plants of Singapore

NParks Flora & Fauna Web

The Digital Nature Archive of Singapore

The Tide Chaser: Turtles & Terrapins (Phylum Chordata: Order Testudines) of Singapore

Ecology Asia

Asian Turtle Conservation Network

Reptiles and Amphibians of Bangkok

Science in CITES: The biology and ecology of the South East Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis and its local uses and trade in Malaysia

CITES Non-Detriment Findings Workshop Case Studies: The South East Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis (Daudin, 1802) in Malaysia

CITES Non-Detriment Findings Workshop Case Studies: The South East Asian Box Turtle Cuora amboinensis (Daudin, 1802) in Indonesia

IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group

Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with Maps, and Conservation Status

Turtles of the World

The Reptile Database

Animal Diversity Web

IUCN Red List

ARKive

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Southeast Asian Box Turtle

Cuora amboinensis

I couldn’t find what Cuora translates into, while amboinensis means coming from Ambon Island (of Indonesia).

Family: Geoemydidae 

Fun Fact: They are one of the few box turtles that like aquatic areas, and don’t live where the temperature drops under 70 F (21.1 C). (ADW)

Habitat: They are endemic to freshwater ways of rainforests in Southeast Asia.

Ecosystem Role: They help control populations of insects, fish, arthropods, and will eat both aquatic and terrestrial plants and mushrooms fairly often.

Conservation Status: Vulnerable