Terrapene

Terrapene carolina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Emydidae
Subfamilia: Emydinae
Genus: Terrapene
Species (7 + †3): T. carolina – T. coahuila – †T. corneri – T. mexicana – T. nelsoni – T. ornata – †T. putnami – T. triunguis – †T. parornata – T. yucatana

Name

Terrapene Merrem, 1820

References

Primary references

• Merrem, B. 1820. Versuch eines Systems der Amphibien. Johann Christian Krieger: Marburg. xv + 191 pp., 1 pl. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fritz, U. 2014: On the reclassification of box turtles (Terrapene): A response to Martin et al. (2014). Zootaxa 3835(2): 295–298. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.2.10 Reference page. 
• Fritz, U. & Havaš, P. 2013. Order Testudines: 2013 update. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2013. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013). Zootaxa 3703(1): 12–14. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.4 . Reference page. 
• Martin, B.T., Bernstein, N.P., Birkhead, R.D., Koukl, J.F., Mussmann, S.M. & Placyk, J.S., Jr. 2013. Sequence-based molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of the American box turtles (Terrapene spp.) with support from DNA barcoding. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68(1): 119–134. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.006 Reference page. 
• Martin, B.T. et al. 2014: On the reclassification of the Terrapene (Testudines: Emydidae): A response to Fritz & Havaš. Zootaxa 3835(2): 292–294. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.2.9 Reference page. 
• Minx, P. 1996: Phylogenetic relationships among the box turtles, genus Terrapene. Herpetologica 52(4): 584–597. JSTOR Reference page. 

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Dosenschildkröten
English: Box turtles
日本語: アメリカハコガメ属

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