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Mexican box turtle
Terrapene mexicana at Zoo Atlanta
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
T. mexicana
Binomial name
Terrapene mexicana
(Gray, 1849)[2]
Synonyms[3][4]
List
  • Cistudo (Onychotria) mexicana Gray, 1849
  • Onychotria mexicana LeConte, 1854
  • Cistudo carolina var. mexicana Boulenger, 1889
  • Onichotria mexicana Herrera, 1890
  • Chelopus mexicanus Velasco, 1892
  • Terrapene mexicana Baur, 1893
  • Terrapene goldmani Stejneger, 1933
  • Terrapene mexicana mexicana H. M. Smith & Taylor, 1950
  • Terrapene carolina mexicana Milstead, 1967
  • Terapene mexicana mexicana Nietzke, 1973

The Mexican box turtle (Terrapene mexicana) is a species of box turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Terrapene carolina (Terrapene carolina mexicana).[3]

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  2. ^ Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status Chelonian Research Monographs. N. 5
  3. ^ a b Fritz, Uwe; Havaš, Peter (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World"
  4. ^ The Reptile Database

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