Yucatán box turtle

The Yucatán box turtle (Terrapene yucatana) is a species of box turtle endemic to Mexico. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Terrapene carolina.

Yucatán box turtle
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. yucatana
Binomial name
Terrapene yucatana (Boulenger, 1895)[2]
Synonyms[3]
Cistudo yucatana Boulenger, 1895 Terrapene yucatana – Siebenrock, 1909 Terrapene mexicana yucatana – H.M. Smith, 1939 Terrapene carolina yucatana – Milstead, 1967 Terapene mexicana jucatana Nietzke, 1973 (ex errore)

Geographic range

It is found in the Mexican state of Yucatán.

Description

Its shell is light-colored with some star-shaped dark spots. Its head is also light-colored. It has four toes on each foot.