Golden coin turtle

Golden coin turtle
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Cuora
Species:	C. trifasciata
Binomial name
	Cuora trifasciata; (Bell, 1825)
Synonyms
	Sternothaerus trifasciatus ; Bell, 1825; Emys (Cistuda) trifasciata ; — Gray, 1831; Cistuda trifasciata ; — Gray, 1831; Cistudo trifasciata ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1835; Cuora trifasciata ; — Gray, 1856; Pyxidemys trifasciata ; — Fitzinger, 1861; Terrapene trifasciata ; — Strauch, 1862; Cyclemys trifasciata ; — Boulenger, 1889; Cuora [cyclornata] cyclornata ; Blanck, McCord & Le, 2006; Cuora cyclornata meieri ; Blanck, McCord & Le, 2006; Pyxiclemmys trifasciata ; — Vetter, 2006; Cuora trifasciata ; — Zhou, McCord, Blanck & P. Li, 2007;

The golden coin turtle (Cuora trifasciata), also known commonly as the Chinese three-banded box turtle and the Chinese three-striped box turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae. The species is native to southern China. There are two recognized subspecies.

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