Spotted box turtle

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.

Spotted box turtle
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
T. nelsoni
Binomial name
Terrapene nelsoni
Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms[2]
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

Etymology

The specific name, nelsoni, is in honor of American biologist Edward William Nelson.[3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies (listed in alphabetical order by subspecific name).[4]

References

  1. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  2. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Terrapene nelsoni, p. 188).
  4. Species Terrapene nelsoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Sources

Further reading

Stejneger L (1925). "New species and subspecies of American turtles". J. Washington Acad. Sci. 15 (20): 462–463. (Terrapene nelsoni, new species, p. 463).

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