Terrapene nelsoni Stejneger 1925 (box turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Belongs to Terrapene according to W. G. Joyce et al. 2012

See also Holman and Fritz 2005, Milstead 1956 and van Dijk et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Cistudo marnochii, Terrapene bulverda, Terrapene carolina, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene corneri, Terrapene eurypygia, Terrapene hibernaculum, Terrapene impensa, Terrapene impressa, Terrapene klauberi, Terrapene ornata, Terrapene parornata, Terrapene putnami, Terrapene singletoni, Cistudo major, Cistudo mexicana, Cistudo triunguis, Cistudo eocaenica

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Terrapene nelsoni in the database

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