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Northern spotted box turtle

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Northern spotted box turtle
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
Subspecies:
T. n. klauberi
Trinomial name
Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
Bogert, 1943
Synonyms[1]
  • Terrapene klauberi
    Bogert, 1943
  • Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Terapene klauberi
    — Nietzke, 1973

The northern spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi ), also commonly known as Klauber's box turtle[2] and Klauber's spotted box turtle,[2] is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae.

Geographic range

T. n. klauberi is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.

Etymology

The subspecific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2015. (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi, p. 200).
  2. ^ a b c 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 klauberi, p. 143).

Further reading

  • Bogert CM (1943). "A New Box Turtle from Southeastern Sonora, Mexico". American Museum Novitates (1226): 1–7. (Terrapene klauberi, new species).


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