South Asian box turtle  (Cuora amboinensis)

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Glossary

  • Crustaceans: diverse group of arthropods (a phylum of animals with jointed limbs and a hard chitinous exoskeleton) characterised by the possession of two pairs of antennae, one pair of mandibles (parts of the mouthparts used for handling and processing food) and two pairs of maxillae (appendages used in eating, which are located behind the mandibles). Includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, slaters, woodlice and barnacles.
  • Incubation: the act of incubating eggs, that is, keeping them warm so that development is possible.
  • Invertebrates: animals with no backbone.
  • Molluscs: a diverse group of invertebrates, mainly marine, that have one or all of the following; a horny, toothed ribbon in the mouth (the radula), a shell covering the upper surface of the body, and a mantle or mantle cavity with a type of gill. Includes snails, slugs, shellfish, octopuses and squid.
  • Nocturnal: active at night.
  • Scute: a large, bony plate or scale on the upper or lower shell of a turtle.
  • Subspecies: a population usually restricted to a geographical area that differs from other populations of the same species, but not to the extent of being classified as a separate species.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (September, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Ernst, C.H., Altenburg, R.G.M. and Barbour, R.W. (1997) Turtles of the World. ETI Information Systems Ltd, Netherlands. Available at: http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/BIS/turtles.php
  3. CITES (September, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Asian Turtle Conservation Network (May, 2007)
    http://www.asianturtlenetwork.org/field_guide/Cuora_amboinensis.htm
  5. CITES Proposals for Amendments of Appendices I and II (April, 2000)
    http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/11/prop/36.pdf
  6. Bonin, F. (2006) Turtles of the World. A and C Black, London.
  7. CITES Conservation of and Trade in Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles (October, 2004)
    http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/13/doc/E13-33.pdf
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