Yucatán box turtle

Yucatán box turtle
Conservation status
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. yucatana
Binomial name
	Terrapene yucatana; (Boulenger, 1895)
Synonyms
	Cistudo yucatana Boulenger, 1895; Terrapene yucatana ; – Siebenrock, 1909; Terrapene mexicana yucatana ; – H.M. Smith, 1939; Terrapene carolina yucatana ; – Milstead, 1967; Terapene mexicana jucatana Nietzke, 1973 (ex errore);

The Yucatán box turtle (Terrapene yucatana) is a species of box turtle endemic to Mexico. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Terrapene carolina.

Geographic range

It is found in the Mexican state of Yucatán.

Its shell is light-colored with some star-shaped dark spots. Its head is also light-colored. It has four toes on each foot.

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