Terrapene
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 Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
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Terrapene carolina |
Terrapene is a genus of box turtles found in the eastern half of the United States and Mexico.
[edit] 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)
