Terrapene

Terrapene

Taxobox
name = "Terrapene"



image_size = 240px
image_caption = Florida Box Turtle ("Terrapene carolina")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Testudines
familia = Emydidae
genus = "Terrapene"
genus_authority = Merrem, 1820
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Terrapene carolina" "Terrapene coahuila" "Terrapene nelsoni" "Terrapene ornata" See text for subspecies.

"Terrapene" is a genus of box turtles found in the eastern half of the United States and Mexico.

Taxonomy

*"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)
*Coahuilan Box Turtle, "Terrapene coahuila" (Schmidt & Owens, 1944)
*Spotted Box Turtle, "Terrapene nelsoni" (Stejneger, 1925)
*"Terrapene ornata"
**Ornate Box Turtle, "Terrapene ornata ornata" (Agassiz, 1857)
**Desert Box Turtle, "Terrapene ornata luteola" (Smith & Ramsey, 1952)

External links

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