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

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies (listed in alphabetical order by subspecific name).^[5]

^ Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (2016) [errata version of 1996 assessment]. "Terrapene nelsoni ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T21643A97298467. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21643A9304626.en. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
^ "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.