Three-toed box turtle

Three-toed box turtle

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
T. triunguis
Binomial name
Terrapene triunguis
(Agassiz, 1857)
Synonyms[3]
  • Cistudo triunguis
    Agassiz, 1857
  • Cistudo carolina var. triunguis
    — Garman, 1892
  • Terrapene triunguis
    — Baur, 1893
  • Onychotria triunguis
    — Cope, 1895
  • Terrapene carolina triunguis
    — Strecker, 1910
  • Terrapene whitneyi
    O.P. Hay, 1916
  • Terrapene bulverda
    O.P. Hay, 1920
  • Terrapene impressa
    O.P. Hay, 1924
  • Terrapene llanensis
    Oelrich, 1953

The three-toed box turtle (Terrapene triunguis) is a species within the genus of hinge-shelled turtles commonly referred to as box turtles. This species is native to the south-central part of the United States and is the official reptile of the state of Missouri.[4] It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the eastern box turtle as T. carolina triunguis.[5][6]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2 June 2023). "Terrapene carolina triunguis". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Fritz, Uwe; Peter Havaš (2007). "Checklist of Chelonians of the World". Vertebrate Zoology. 57 (2): 199. doi:10.3897/vz.57.e30895.
  4. ^ "Missouri State Reptile". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ernst 1994 253 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Three-Toed Box Turtle". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 2024-06-15.