page_title: Chinese box turtle
section_title: Systematics and taxonomic history
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese box turtle / Systematics and taxonomic history
caption_attribution_description: English: Cuora flavomarginata evelynae Female by Torsten Blanck
context_page_description: The Chinese box 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.
context_section_description: In 1863, John Edward Gray described the species as Cistoclemmys flavomarginata. It was later moved to Cyclemys, and then to Cuora. In the 2012 issue of the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group's Checklist, the species is listed as Cuora with two recognized subspecies.
  Two subspecies have been recognised:
  Cuora flavomarginata flavomarginata
  Cuora flavomarginata evelynae 
  This species has hybridized with Mauremys japonica in captivity and with female Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtles both in captivity and in the wild.
caption: C.f.evelynae plastron
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