Southern spotted box turtle

Southern spotted box turtle
in Nayarit, Mexico
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. nelsoni
Subspecies:	T. n. nelsoni
Trinomial name
Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni Stejneger, 1925
Synonyms [1]
Terrapene nelsoni Stejneger, 1925 Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Terrepene nelsoni — Pawley, 1971 ( ex errore ) Terapene nelsoni — Nietzke, 1973 (ex errore)

The southern spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni) is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae. The subspecies is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.

References

1. Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 200. doi: 10.3897/vz.57.e30895 .

Sources

• Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni at Catalogue of Life.