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.

Northern spotted box turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
T. nelsoni
Subspecies:
T. n. klauberi
Trinomial name
Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
Bogert, 1943
Synonyms[1]
  • Terrapene klauberi
    Bogert, 1943
  • Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
    — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Terapene klauberi
    — Nietzke, 1973

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
  1. 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).
  2. 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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