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Original
Description |
Linnaeus 1758 : 198 |
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Type
Locality |
Carolina; restricted by Schmidt (1953:93) to vicinity of Charleston [Charleston Co.], South Carolina [USA] |
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Holotype |
Not located |
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Original name |
Testudo carolina |
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Common
name |
Common Box Turtle |
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Distribution |
(Two maps) eastern USA; Nuevo Leon to Veracruz, Mexico; Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico; only representative records are plotted for the continuous portion of the range in the SE USA |
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Comments |
Includes Terrapene mexicana and Terrapene yucatana, according to Milstead (1967); although Ward (1980) suggests that the latter may deserve species status. Reviewed by Milstead (1969) and Ernst and McBreen (1991). Mexican subspecies reviewed by Smith and Smith (1979). In the Terrapene carolina group. |
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