Terrapene carolina

Taxobox
name = "Terrapene carolina"
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3

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image_size = 240px
image_caption = Florida Box Turtle, "Terrapene carolina bauri"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Emydidae
genus = "Terrapene"
species = "T. carolina"
binomial = "Terrapene carolina"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
subdivision = See text.

"Terrapene carolina", also known as Florida Box Turtle, is a species of box turtle which consists of six subspecies. They are found throughout the eastern United States and Mexico. The box turtle has an olive colored shell with yellow spots on its neck.

Subspecies

*"Terrapene carolina"
**Florida Box Turtle, "Terrapene carolina bauri" (Taylor, 1894)
**Eastern Box Turtle, "Terrapene carolina carolina" (Linnaeus, 1758)
**Gulf Coast Box Turtle, "Terrapene carolina major" (Agassiz, 1857)
**Three-toed Box Turtle, "Terrapene carolina triunguis" (Agassiz, 1857)
**Mexican Box Turtle, "Terrapene carolina mexicana" (Gray, 1849)
**Yucatan Box Turtle, "Terrapene carolina yucatana" (Boulenger, 1895)

References

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External links

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