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Leafy greens are ignored. Invertebrates that the turtles hunt for include June bug (Phyllophaga) larvae and slugs being principal prey.”

C. flavomarginata is found in Central China: Hunan, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, eastern Sichuan, Zhejiang & Jiangsu provinces (generally along the Yangtze drainage).^[9] It is also found in Taiwan and Japan, specifically the Ryukyu Islands, Ishigaki, and Iriomote.^[10]

C. flavomarginata is omnivorous, and will eat a large variety of foods. “Adults favor earthworms, frozen pinkies (defrosted), snails, slugs, and mealworms. They also eat dry trout chow and moistened dry cat food, canned cat food; fruits including strawberries, bananas, cantaloupe, and papaya; and vegetables including grated carrots, corn on the cob, and squash. Leafy greens are ignored. Invertebrates that the turtles hunt for include June bug (Phyllophaga) larvae and slugs being principal prey.”

In 1863, John Edward Gray described the species as Cistoclemmys flavomarginata. It was later moved to Cyclemys, and then to Cuora. In the 2012 issue of the Turtle Taxonomy Working Group‘s Checklist, the species is listed as Cuora with two recognized subspecies.

The yellow-margined box turtle is considered to be an endangered species by the IUCN. Threats to the Taiwanese population include habitat loss due to expansion of cultivated lands.