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Gold Coin Turtle this picture is a juvenile turtle it is about 2inches round.   Cuora trifasciata Click/tap to enlarge

Gold Coin Turtle

this picture is a juvenile turtle it is about 2inches round.

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Golden coin turtle or Chinese three-striped box turtle is a species of turtle endemic to southern China and northern Vietnam.

The species is distributed in China and northern Vietnam. The populations from other parts of Vietnam and Laos are now regarded a separate species, the Vietnamese Three-striped Box Turtle .

It hybridizes vigorously with its relatives in captivity and in the wild, and hybrids may be fertile. Several of these have been described as new species, such as.. more

Similar species: Turtles And Tortoises
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Graeme Ruck

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Uploaded Sep 16, 2013. Captured Sep 4, 2013 16:29.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/2.8
  • 1/21s
  • ISO800
  • 100mm