Spotted box turtle

Spotted box turtle
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. nelsoni
Binomial name
	Terrapene nelsoni; Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms
	Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni Terrapene nelsoni ; Stejneger, 1925; Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni ; — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955; Terrepene nelsoni ; — Pawley, 1971; Terapene nelsoni ; — Nietzke, 1973; Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Terrapene klauberi ; Bogert, 1943; Terrapene nelsoni klauberi ; — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955; Terapene klauberi ; — Nietzke, 1973;

The spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.

Etymology[edit]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies (listed in alphabetical order by subspecific name).^[4]

^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 200. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
^ 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, p. 188).
^ Species Terrapene nelsoni at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.

Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Terrapene nelsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 29 July 2007.