Three-toed box turtle

Three-toed box turtle
In Arkansas

Secure (NatureServe)
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Emydidae
Genus: Terrapene
Species:
T. triunguis
Binomial name
Terrapene triunguis
(Agassiz, 1857)
Synonyms
List
    • 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. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the eastern box turtle as T. carolina triunguis.

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