Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani), recorded as Critically Endangered
Pan's box turtle (Cuora pani). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Pan's box turtle

Cuora pani

Pan's box turtle is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Cuora pani, recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Cuora pani
CITES
Appendix II
Taxonomy
Testudines · Geoemydidae · Cuora

Appearance

The yellow-headed box turtle is sometimes included herein as a subspecies (Pan's box turtle aurocapitata).

Range and habitat

Pan's box turtle pani, the nominotypical subspecies, is endemic to the central Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

The Pan's box turtle is a highly endangered species on the verge of extinction.

CITES lists this taxon on Appendix II. Confirm the current appendix on the CITES checklist.

Pan's box turtle is Critically Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Pan's box turtle, Wikidata item Q301446. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Bourret's box turtle (Cuora bourreti), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Bourret's box turtle

Cuora bourreti
Photograph of Golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Golden coin turtle

Cuora trifasciata
Photograph of Indochinese box turtle (Cuora galbinifrons), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Indochinese box turtle

Cuora galbinifrons
Photograph of McCord's box turtle (Cuora mccordi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

McCord's box turtle

Cuora mccordi

Quick answers

What is Pan's box turtle?
Pan's box turtle is a turtle in the family Geoemydidae — Cuora pani.
What is the conservation status of Pan's box turtle?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Cuora pani. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Pan's box turtle live?
Pan's box turtle pani, the nominotypical subspecies, is endemic to the central Chinese provinces of Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Hubei (Blanck & Tang, 2005).
Why is Pan's box turtle in crisis?
The Pan's box turtle is a highly endangered species on the verge of extinction.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Cuora pani?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Pan's box turtle a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.