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  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classTestudines
  4. ›familyEmydidae
  5. ›genusTerrapene
Terrapene yucatana
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IUCN NE · Not evaluated

Yucatan Box Turtle

Terrapene yucatana (Boulenger, 1895)

Also calledCaja de Yucatán (spa) · Tartaruga-de-caixa-de-Yucatán (por) · Tortue-boîte du Yucatan (fra) · Tortuga yucateca de caja (spa) · Yucatan-Dosenschildkröte (deu) · 猶加敦箱龜 (zho)

First described in: Boulenger, G. A. On the American Box-tortoises.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

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Syntypes (3): BMNH 1947.3. 5.45 (formerly 1894.3.23.2), 1947.3.5.46 (formerly 1894.3.23.3), and 1947.3.5.47 (formerly 1894.3.23.4).

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 2443199.