Southern spotted box turtle

Southern spotted box turtle
in Nayarit, Mexico
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
T. nelsoni
Subspecies:
T. n. nelsoni
Trinomial name
Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni
Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms[1]
  • Terrapene nelsoni
    Stejneger, 1925
  • Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Terrepene nelsoni
    — Pawley, 1971 (ex errore)
  • Terapene nelsoni
    — Nietzke, 1973 (ex errore)

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

References

  1. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 200. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.

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