Northern spotted box turtle

The northern spotted box turtle (Terrapene nelsoni klauberi), also commonly known as Klauber's box turtle^[2] and Klauber's spotted box turtle,^[2] is a subspecies of turtle in the family Emydidae.

Northern spotted box turtle
seen in Sonora, Mexico
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. nelsoni
Subspecies:	T. n. klauberi
Trinomial name
Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Bogert, 1943
Synonyms[1]
Terrapene klauberi Bogert, 1943 Terrapene nelsoni klauberi — Mertens & Wermuth, 1955 Terapene klauberi — Nietzke, 1973

Geographic range

T. n. klauberi is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.

Etymology

The subspecific name, klauberi, is in honor of American herpetologist Laurence Monroe Klauber.^[2]