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[1]
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

The specific name, nelsoni, is in honor of American biologist Edward William Nelson.^[2]

Subspecies

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

• Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Bogert, 1943
• Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni Stejneger, 1925

References

Sources

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

Further reading

Stejneger L (1925). "New species and subspecies of American turtles". J. Washington Acad. Sci. 15 (20): 462-463. (Terrapene nelsoni, new species, p. 463).

Family Emydidae (pond turtles)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Emydidae
Genus	Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae
Chrysemys	Painted turtle
Deirochelys	Chicken turtle
Graptemys	Alabama map turtle Barbour's map turtle Black-knobbed map turtle Cagle's map turtle Escambia map turtle False map turtle Northern map turtle Ouachita map turtle Pascagoula map turtle Pearl River map turtle Ringed map turtle Texas map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle
Malaclemys	Diamondback terrapin
Pseudemys	Alabama red-bellied cooter Northern red-bellied cooter Florida red-bellied cooter Peninsula cooter Rio Grande cooter River cooter Texas river cooter
Trachemys	Big bend slider Baja California slider Central Antillean slider Colombian slider Cuatro Cienegas slider Cuban slider D'Orbigny's slider Hispaniolan slider Jamaican slider Maranhão slider Meso-American slider Nicaraguan slider Ornate slider Pond slider Yaqui slider
	Species of the subfamily Emydinae
Clemmys	Spotted turtle
Emys	Blanding's turtle European pond turtle Sicilian pond turtle Western pond turtle
Glyptemys	Bog turtle Wood turtle
Terrapene	Coahuilan box turtle Common box turtle Ornate box turtle Spotted box turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.