Southern spotted box turtle

Southern spotted box turtle
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. nelsoni
Subspecies:	T. n. nelsoni
Binomial name
	Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni; Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms
	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 Emydidae family. It is endemic to Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.

References

^ Fritz Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2015.

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