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Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Linnaeus, C. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Testudines
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family
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Emydidae
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genus
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Terrapene
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species
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Terrapene carolina
Name
- Synonyms
- Cistudo carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cistudo eurypygia Cope, 1870
- Cistudo major Agassiz, 1857
- Cistudo triunguis Agassiz, 1857
- Cistudo virginea Agassiz, 1857
- Emys kinosternoides Gray, 1831
- Emys schneideri Schweigger, 1812
- Emys tritentaculata St.Hilaire, 1829
- Monoclida kentukensis Rafinesque, 1822
- Terrapene anguillulatus (Cope, 1899)
- Terrapene bauri Taylor, 1895
- Terrapene eurypygia (Cope, 1870)
- Terrapene innoxia Hay, 1916
- Terrapene maculata Bell, 1825
- Terrapene nebulosa Bell, 1825
- Terrapene whitneyi Hay, 1916
- Testudo brevi-caudata Lacépède, 1788
- Testudo carinata Linnaeus, 1758
- Testudo carolina Linnaeus, 1758
- Testudo caroliniana Daudin, 1802
- Homonyms
- Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common names
- Caja de Carolina in Spanish
- Carolina-Dosenschildkröte in German
- Common Box Turtle in English
- Common Box Turtle in English
- Common Box Turtle in English
- Eastern Box Turtle in English
- Eastern Box Turtle in English
- Eastern Box Turtle in language.
- Eastern Box Turtle in English
- Florida Box Turtle in language.
- Gulf Coast Box Turtle in language.
- Mexican Box Turtle in language.
- Three-Toed Box Turtle in English
- Three-Toed Box Turtle in English
- Three-toed Box Turtle in language.
- Three-toed box turtle in English
- Tortuga de Carolina in Spanish
- Yucatan Box Turtle in language.
- common box turtle in language.
- common box turtle in English
- tortue tabatière in French
- Eastern Box Turtle in English
- American Box Turtle in English
- American Box Turtle in English
- American Box Turtle in English
- Common Box Turtle in English
- Mexican Box Turtle in English
- Mexican Box Turtle in English
- Mexican Box Turtle in English
- Tortue-boîte de Caroline in French
- Yucatan Box Turtle in English
- Yucatan Box Turtle in English
- Yucatan Box Turtle in English
Bibliographic References
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2004: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada, draft (2004).
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Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
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Crother, Brian I., Jeff Boundy, Frank T. Burbrink, Jonathan A. Campbell, Kevin de Queiroz, et al., 2012: Scientific and standard English names of amphibians and reptiles of North America north of Mexico, with comments regarding confidence in our understanding, Seventh Ed.. Herpetological Circular, no. 39. 1-92.
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Flores-Villela, Oscar / McCoy, C. J., ed., 1993: Herpetofauna Mexicana: Lista anotada de las especies de anfibios y reptiles de México, cambios taxonómicos recientes, y nuevas especies. Carnegie Museum of Natural History Special Publication, no. 17. iv + 73.
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Iverson, John B., 1992: null. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. xiii + 363.
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Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P. P., J. Iverson, A. Rhodin, H. Shaffer, and R. Bour], 2014: Turtles of the World, 7th Edition: Annotated Checklist of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution with maps, and Conservation Status. Chelonian Research Monographs, no. 5, v. 7. 329-479.
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Uetz, P., Freed, P. & Jirí Hošek (eds.). (2021). The Reptile Database.