Northern spotted box turtle

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:
Subspecies:
T. n. klauberi
Trinomial name
Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
Bogert, 1943
Synonyms
  • Terrapene klauberi
    Bogert, 1943
  • Terrapene nelsoni klauberi
    Mertens & Wermuth, 1955
  • Terapene klauberi
    — Nietzke, 1973

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