Southern spotted box turtle
Subspecies of turtle
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The southern spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni) is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae. The subspecies is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.
| Southern spotted box turtle | |
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| in Nayarit, Mexico | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Emydidae |
| Genus: | Terrapene |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | T. n. nelsoni |
| Trinomial name | |
| Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni Stejneger, 1925 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
