Amboina box turtle: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Amboina box turtle lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Cuora amboinensis
Group	Turtles & tortoises
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Reptile
Order	Testudines
Family	Geoemydidae

Where does the Amboina box turtle live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Amboina box turtle in 3 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Amboina box turtle endangered?

The Amboina box turtle’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Amboina box turtle?

The Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) is a reptile in the order Testudines and the family Geoemydidae, genus Cuora. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Amboina box turtle

The Amboina box turtle or Southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) is a species of Asian box turtle widely distributed across Southeast Asia. It is native to the Asian mainland from northeast India, through Bangladesh, Burma and Thailand, across Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Malaysia. It is also found on the archipelagos of Indonesia and the Philippines.

The type locality is "Amboine" (or "Amboina") Island, today Ambon Island in Indonesia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Amboina box turtle (revision 1376994840), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q458153 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).