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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyEmydidae
  5. ›genusTerrapene
Terrapene coahuila
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Coahuilan Box Turtle

Terrapene coahuila Schmidt & Owens, 1944

Also calledCaja de Cuatrocienegas (spa) · Coahuila-Dosenschildkröte (deu) · Galápago Caja Mexicano (spa) · Tortue boîte du Mexique (fra) · Tortue-boîte De Coahuila (fra) · Tortue-boîte Du Mexique (fra) · Tortuga Coahuila (spa) · Tortuga de Cuatro Ciénegas (spa) · Tortuga de bisagra de Coahuila (spa) · Tortuga de caja de Coahuila (spa) · Wasser-Dosenschildkröte (deu) · Waterdoosschildpad (nld) · coahuilai dobozteknős (hun) · želva slaništní (ces)

First described in: Schmidt, K.P., and D. Owens. Amphibians and reptiles of northern Coahuila, Mexico.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

materials_examined

Holotype: FMNH 41234 (Marx 1958: 450; erroneously cited as FMNH 55656 by Milstead, 1969: 81); paratypes (11, but not listed in the original description), FMNH 41235, 41259 - 61, 47372 - 74, 47376 and 55656 (Marx 1958: 450); MCZ 53931; and UMMZ 66472 (formerly FMNH 41258; Kluge 1984: 83).

A review of Chelonian type specimens (order Testudines)

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2443167.