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Terrapene (box turtle)
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Taxonomy
Terrapene was named by Merrem (1820). It is extant.
It was assigned to Emydinae by Bickham (1975), Holman (1985) and Holman (2002); and to Emydidae by Hay (1902), Carroll (1988), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Vlachos (2018).
It was assigned to Emydinae by Bickham (1975), Holman (1985) and Holman (2002); and to Emydidae by Hay (1902), Carroll (1988), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996) and Vlachos (2018).
Species
Cistudo major, Cistudo marnochii, Cistudo mexicana, Cistudo triunguis, T. bulverda, T. carolina (syn. T. innoxia), T. coahuila, T. corneri, T. eurypygia (syn. Toxaspis anguillulatus), T. hibernaculum, T. impensa, T. impressa, T. klauberi, T. nelsoni, T. ornata (syn. T. whitneyi, T. longinsulae), T. parornata, T. putnami (syn. T. antipex, T. canaliculata, T. formosa, T. llanensis), T. singletoni
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1820 | Terrapene Merrem |
1835 | Cistudo Dumeril and Bibron |
1870 | Cistudo Cope p. 126 |
1875 | Cistudo Cope p. 53 |
1877 | Cistudo marnochii Cope p. 229 |
1889 | Toxaspis Cope |
1902 | Terrapene Hay |
1902 | Terrapene marnochii Hay |
1908 | Terrapene marnochi Hay |
1921 | Terrapene bulverda Hay p. 133 figs. Fig. 4; Plate 10, fig. 1. |
1924 | Terrapene impressa Hay |
1956 | Terrapene marnochi Milstead p. 167 |
1964 | Terrapene hibernaculum Kuhn |
1975 | Terrapene Bickham p. 203 |
1985 | Terrapene Holman |
1988 | Terrapene Carroll |
1995 | Terrapene Parris and Daeschler p. 564 |
1996 | Terrapene Frank and Ramus |
2002 | Terrapene Holman p. 440 |
2018 | Terrapene Vlachos |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available