Amboina box turtle
| Amboina box turtle | |
|---|---|
| Adult C. a. amboinensis from Sulawesi | |
| 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 | |
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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.
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