Northern spotted box turtle
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.
Terrapene nelsoni klauberi | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Terrapene |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | T. n. klauberi |
Trinomial name | |
Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Bogert, 1943 | |
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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]
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References
- Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 149–368. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 December 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2015. (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi, p. 200).
- 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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