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title: "Chinese Box Turtle"
description: "Cuora flavomarginata — Rettili. The Chinese box turtle (simplified Chinese: 食蛇龟; traditional Chinese: 食蛇龜; pinyin: shíshéguī; lit."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/chinese-box-turtle
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chinese Box Turtle

> Cuora flavomarginata — Rettili. The Chinese box turtle (simplified Chinese: 食蛇龟; traditional Chinese: 食蛇龜; pinyin: shíshéguī; lit.

- Scientific name: *Cuora flavomarginata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 698
- Wikidata: [Q304894](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q304894)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68335](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68335)

## Names

- en: Chinese Box Turtle
- de: Gelbrand-Scharnierschildkröte
- nl: Geelranddoosschildpad

## Countries with the most observations

TW (362), JP (229), HK (3)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_box_turtle

## Photo

![Chinese Box Turtle](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chinese-box-turtle/medium.jpg)

Photo: 葉子 · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18613903

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/chinese-box-turtle?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).