Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Vertebrata Order Testudines | Phylum Chordata Class Reptilia Suborder Cryptodira | |
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Similar Spotted box turtle, Yucatán box turtle, Mexican box turtle, Alamos mud turtle, Desert box turtle | ||
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The northern spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi ), also commonly known as Klauber's box turtle and Klauber's spotted box turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae.
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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.
References
Northern spotted box turtle Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA