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Terrapene of Western Mexico, with Comments on the Species Groups in the Genus

1967; American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists; Volume: 1967; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/1442193

1938-5110

William W. Milstead, Donald W. Tinkle,

Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies

Two species of box turtles occur in western Mexico: Terrapene ornata and Terrapene nelsoni. Terrapene ornata luteola is regarded as a possibly relict form occurring in Chihuahua and Sonora. Two subspecies of Terrapene nelsoni occur in Mexico: T. n. nelsoni and T. n. klauberi. T. n. nelsoni is known only from the type locality at Pedro Pablo, Nayarit. T. n. klauberi is known from a number of localities in Sonora and one