Spotted box turtle

Spotted box turtle
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Emydinae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. nelsoni
Binomial name
	Terrapene nelsoni; Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms
	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;

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.

Etymology

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies (listed in alphabetical order by subspecific name).^[3]

^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ 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).
^ "Terrapene nelsoni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group 1996. Terrapene nelsoni.. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.