Spotted box turtle

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Spotted box turtle
Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni seen in Nayarit, Mexico
CITES Appendix II[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
T. nelsoni
Binomial name
Terrapene nelsoni
Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms[3]
Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni
  • Terrapene nelsoni
    Stejneger, 1925
  • Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni
    Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Terrepene nelsoni
    — Pawley, 1971
  • Terapene nelsoni
    Nietzke, 1973
Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
  • Terrapene klauberi
    Bogert, 1943
  • Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Terapene klauberi
    — Nietzke, 1973

The spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.

Etymology

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The specific name, nelsoni, is in honor of American biologist Edward William Nelson.[4]

Subspecies

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Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies (listed in alphabetical order by subspecific name).[5]

References

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  4. ^ 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, p. 188).
  5. ^ Species Terrapene nelsoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Sources

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Further reading

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Stejneger L (1925). "New species and subspecies of American turtles". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 15 (20): 462–463. (Terrapene nelsoni, new species, p. 463).

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