Yucatán box turtle | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Terrapene |
Species: | T. yucatana
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Binomial name | |
Terrapene yucatana | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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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.
It is found in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Its shell is light-colored with some star-shaped dark spots. Its head is also light-colored. It has four toes on each foot.
Yucatán box turtle | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Emydidae |
Genus: | Terrapene |
Species: | T. yucatana
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Binomial name | |
Terrapene yucatana | |
Synonyms [3] | |
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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.
It is found in the Mexican state of Yucatán.
Its shell is light-colored with some star-shaped dark spots. Its head is also light-colored. It has four toes on each foot.