Northern spotted box turtle
{{Short description|Subspecies of turtle}}
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{{Subspeciesbox
| image = Terrapene nelsoni klauberi - September 2020.jpg
| image_caption = seen in Sonora, Mexico
| genus = Terrapene
| species = nelsoni
| species_link = Spotted box turtle
| subspecies = klauberi
| authority = Bogert, 1943
| synonyms =
- 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 and Klauber's spotted box turtle, is a subspecies 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.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 klauberi, p. 143).
References
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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
- [http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/6c1c44aa37ec80f3695e4570e690855a Terrapene nelsoni klauberi at the Catalogue of Life]
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