Mexican box turtle

Mexican box turtle
	Terrapene mexicana
Conservation status
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	Emydidae
Genus:	Terrapene
Species:	T. mexicana
Binomial name
	Terrapene mexicana; (Gray, 1849)
Synonyms
	List Cistudo (Onychotria) mexicana Gray, 1849 ; Onychotria mexicana LeConte, 1854 ; Cistudo carolina var. mexicana Boulenger, 1889 ; Onichotria mexicana Herrera, 1890 ; Chelopus mexicanus Velasco, 1892 ; Terrapene mexicana Baur, 1893 ; Terrapene goldmani Stejneger, 1933 ; Terrapene mexicana mexicana H. M. Smith & Taylor, 1950 ; Terrapene carolina mexicana Milstead, 1967 ; Terapene mexicana mexicana Nietzke, 1973 ;

The Mexican box turtle (Terrapene mexicana) is a species of box turtle belonging to the family Emydidae. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Terrapene carolina (Terrapene carolina mexicana).