Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Alternative combination: Testudo carolina
Synonym: Terrapene innoxia Hay 1916
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Belongs to Terrapene according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Auffenberg 1958, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Holman 1985, Holman and Fritz 2005, Joyce et al. 2012, Merrem 1820, Milstead 1956, Oelrich 1953, Parris and Daeschler 1995 and van Dijk et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Cistudo marnochii, Terrapene bulverda, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene corneri, Terrapene eurypygia, Terrapene hibernaculum, Terrapene impensa, Terrapene impressa, Terrapene klauberi, Terrapene nelsoni, Terrapene ornata, Terrapene parornata, Terrapene putnami, Terrapene singletoni, Cistudo mexicana, Cistudo triunguis, Cistudo major, Cistudo eocaenica
Subtaxa: Testudo carolina bauri Testudo carolina carolina Testudo carolina longinsulae Testudo carolina major Testudo carolina triunguis
Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (38: Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia collections)
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
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