Northern spotted box turtle
Subspecies of turtle
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The northern spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi), also commonly known as Klauber's box turtle[2] and Klauber's spotted box turtle,[2] is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae.
| Northern spotted box turtle | |
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| seen in Sonora, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Terrapene |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. n. klauberi |
| Trinomial name | |
| Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Bogert, 1943 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Geographic range
T. n. klauberi is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.
Etymology
The subspecific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.[2]
