Chinese Box Turtle

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Cuora flavomarginata

Chinese Box Turtle, a reference photo
Photo: Cuora at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

The Chinese box turtle (simplified Chinese: 食蛇龟; traditional Chinese: 食蛇龜; pinyin: shíshéguī; lit. 'Snake-eating turtle'), also known as the yellow-margined box turtle, or golden-headed turtle, is a species of Asian box turtle. Taxonomically, it is called Cuora flavomarginata.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Chinese Box Turtle being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Testudines
Family
Geoemydidae
Genus
Cuora
Species
Cuora flavomarginata

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