Biology:Southern spotted box turtle

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Short description: Subspecies of turtle

Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
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
  • Terapene nelsoni Nietzke, 1973

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

References

  1. Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 200. http://www.cnah.org/pdf_files/851.pdf. Retrieved 5 August 2015. 

Sources


Wikidata ☰ Q20817991 entry