Northern spotted box turtle

Northern spotted box turtle
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Subfamily:	Emydinae
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

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.

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

Further reading

• Bogert CM. 1943. "A New Box Turtle from Southeastern Sonora, Mexico". American Museum Novitates (1226): 1-7. (Terrapene klauberi, new species).

External links

• Terrapene nelsoni klauberi at the Catalogue of Life

Family Emydidae (pond turtles)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Superfamily: Testudinoidea Family: Emydidae
Genus	Species of the subfamily Deirochelyinae
Chrysemys	Painted turtle
Deirochelys	Chicken turtle
Graptemys	Alabama map turtle Barbour's map turtle Black-knobbed map turtle Cagle's map turtle Escambia map turtle False map turtle Northern map turtle Ouachita map turtle Pascagoula map turtle Pearl River map turtle Ringed map turtle Texas map turtle Yellow-blotched map turtle
Malaclemys	Diamondback terrapin
Pseudemys	Alabama red-bellied cooter Northern red-bellied cooter Florida red-bellied cooter Peninsula cooter Rio Grande cooter River cooter Texas river cooter
Trachemys	Big bend slider Baja California slider Central Antillean slider Colombian slider Cuatro Cienegas slider Cuban slider D'Orbigny's slider Hispaniolan slider Jamaican slider Maranhão slider Meso-American slider Nicaraguan slider Ornate slider Pond slider Yaqui slider
	Species of the subfamily Emydinae
Clemmys	Spotted turtle
Emys	Blanding's turtle European pond turtle Sicilian pond turtle Western pond turtle
Glyptemys	Bog turtle Wood turtle
Terrapene	Coahuilan box turtle Common box turtle Ornate box turtle Spotted box turtle
Phylogenetic arrangement based on turtles of the world 2011 update: annotated checklist. Subspecies and the extinct (Gyremys sectabilis) are not included.