Spotted box turtle

{{Short description|Species of turtle}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni - July 2023.jpg

| image_caption = Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni seen in Nayarit, Mexico

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref={{cite iucn|author=Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group|year=1996|title=Terrapene nelsoni |errata=2016|page=e.T21643A97298467|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21643A9304626.en|access-date=6 June 2024}}

| status2 = CITES_A2

| status2_system = CITES

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}

| genus = Terrapene

| species = nelsoni

| authority = Stejneger, 1925

| synonyms =

;Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni

• Terrapene nelsoni
  {{small|Stejneger, 1925}}
• Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni
  {{small|— Mertens & Wermuth, 1955}}
• Terrepene nelsoni
  {{small|— Pawley, 1971}}
• Terapene nelsoni
  {{small|— Nietzke, 1973}}

;Terrapene nelsoni klauberi

• Terrapene klauberi
  {{small|Bogert, 1943}}
• Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
  {{small|— Mertens & Wermuth, 1955}}
• Terapene klauberi
  {{small|— Nietzke, 1973}}

| synonyms_ref = {{Cite journal|journal=Vertebrate Zoology|title=Checklist of Chelonians of the World|year=2007|author=Fritz, Uwe|author-link=species:Uwe Fritz|author2=Havaš, Peter|author2-link=species:Peter Havaš|volume=57|issue=2|pages=200|doi=10.3897/vz.57.e30895 |doi-access=free }}

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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.