EMYSystem Text Only Species Page: Terrapene nelsoni
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order..........TESTUDINES (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
family...........Emydidae (Pond Turtles)
subfamily.......Emydinae (Emydine Turtles)
genus...............Terrapene (Box Turtles)
species..............Terrapene nelsoni (Spotted Box Turtle)
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- Original Description
- Carr 1938c : 307
- Holotype
- USNM 46252
- Type Locality
- "Pedro Pablo, Tepic [Nayarit], Mexico; 2500 feet altitude"
- Original name
- Terrapene nelsoni
- Common Name
- Spotted Box Turtle
- Distribution
- Central Sonora TO the vicinity OF the TYPE locality IN Nayarit
- Comments
- Reviewed by Milstead and Tinkle (1967), Smith and Smith (1979), and Iverson (1982b). In the Terrapene ornata group.
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