Northern spotted box turtle
| Northern spotted box turtle | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Terrapene |
| Species: | T. nelsoni |
| Subspecies: | T. n. klauberi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Bogert, 1943 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- ↑ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology 57 (2): 149–368. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 5 August 2015. (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi, p. 200).
- 1 2 3 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 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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