Northern spotted box turtle explained

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.

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.^[1]

Further reading

• Bogert CM (1943). "A New Box Turtle from Southeastern Sonora, Mexico". American Museum Novitates (1226): 1–7. (Terrapene klauberi, new species).

External links

• Terrapene nelsoni klauberi at the Catalogue of Life

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi, p. 143).