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

Mexican Box Turtle

Terrapene mexicana (Gray, 1849)

Also calledCaja Mexicana (spa) · Tartaruga-de-caixa-mexicana (por) · Tortuga mexicana de caja (spa) · Мексиканская коробчатая черепаха (rus) · 墨西哥箱龜 (zho)

First described in: Gray, J. E. Description of a new species of Box Tortoise from Mexico.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

materials_examined

Holotype: USNM 46251 (Cochran 1961: 235); no paratypes designated (Reynolds et al. 2007: 20).

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 8996950.