Florida box turtle

The Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) is a subspecies of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae and is one of six extant subspecies of the common box turtle (T. carolina)

Florida box turtle
Terrapene carolina bauri
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
Subspecies:
T. c. bauri
Trinomial name
Terrapene carolina bauri
Taylor, 1895
Synonyms
  • Terrapene bauri
    Taylor, 1895
  • Pariemys bauri
    Cope, 1895
  • Cistudo bauri
    Ditmars, 1907
  • Terrapene innoxia
    Hay, 1916
  • Terrapene carolina bauri
    Carr, 1940
  • Terrapene carolina baurii
    Stubbs, 1989 (ex errore)
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