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Terrapene carolina (common box turtle)
Taxonomy
Testudo carolina was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Terrapene.
It was recombined as Terrapene carolina by Merrem (1820), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Milstead (1956), Auffenberg (1958), Holman (1985), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Joyce et al. (2012), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Vlachos (2018).
It was recombined as Terrapene carolina by Merrem (1820), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Milstead (1956), Auffenberg (1958), Holman (1985), Parris and Daeschler (1995), Joyce et al. (2012), van Dijk et al. (2014) and Vlachos (2018).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1820 | Terrapene carolina Merrem |
1902 | Terrapene carolina Hay p. 449 |
1916 | Terrapene innoxia Hay |
1930 | Terrapene carolina Hay p. 98 |
1930 | Terrapene innoxia Hay p. 99 |
1953 | Terrapene innoxia Oelrich p. 34 |
1956 | Terrapene carolina Milstead p. 168 |
1958 | Terrapene carolina Auffenberg |
1985 | Terrapene carolina Holman |
1995 | Terrapene carolina Parris and Daeschler p. 564 |
2012 | Terrapene carolina Joyce et al. p. 185 |
2014 | Terrapene carolina van Dijk et al. |
2018 | Terrapene carolina 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.
Terrapene carolina Linnaeus 1758 [common box turtle]
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Testudo carolina carolina Linnaeus 1758 [Eastern box turtle]
†Testudo carolina longinsulae Hay 1908
Testudo carolina major Agassiz 1857 [Gulf Coast box turtle]
Testudo carolina triunguis Agassiz 1857 [three-toed box turtle]
Invalid names: Terrapene innoxia Hay 1916 [synonym]
Testudo carolina bauri Taylor 1894 [Florida box turtle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available