Terrapene
Florida Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Testudines Family: Emydidae Genus: Terrapene Merrem, 1820
Species
Terrapene carolina Terrapene coahuila Terrapene nelsoni Terrapene ornata See text for subspecies.

Terrapene is a genus of box turtles found in the eastern half of the United States and Mexico.

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)

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• Terrapene at the Encyclopedia of Life

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