The Keeled box turtle (Pyxidea mouhotii or Cuora mouhotii) is a species of the turtle family Geoemydidae found in China (Hainan & southwestern Guangxi and possibly southern Yunnan), northern and Central Vietnam, Laos, northern Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Assam in India.
It is considered an endangered species by the IUCN and in its native range hunted for use in folk medicine.
Taxonomically, the species is either the only species within the genus Pyxidea, or is part of the main genus of Asian box turtles, Cuora (as Cuora mouhotii). Genetic analyses have shown, that this species is very closely related to the genus Cuora.
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