Northern spotted box turtle
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Northern spotted box turtle | |
|---|---|
| File:Terrapene nelsoni klauberi - September 2020.jpg | |
| seen in Sonora, Mexico | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Terrapene |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. n. klauberi
|
| Trinomial name | |
| Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Bogert, 1943
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
The northern spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi), also commonly known as Klauber's box turtle[2] and Klauber's spotted box turtle,[2] is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae.
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]T. n. klauberi is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The subspecific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi, p. 200).
- ^ a b c Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi, p. 143).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Bogert CM (1943). "A New Box Turtle from Southeastern Sonora, Mexico". American Museum Novitates (1226): 1–7. (Terrapene klauberi, new species).
External links
[edit | edit source]
Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
