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Taxon: Species Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) - eastern box turtle (reptile)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Original name:  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 198.
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Types

Type of: Terrapene (Genus) Merrem, 1820 Ref: P. Uetz et al. (eds.), 2016: 16 Aug 2016.
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 369. [inferred]

Combinations

Basionym: Testudo carolina Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: Species 2000, 2003

Synonyms

Including: Terrapene mexicana (Gray, 1849) Ref: Turtle Taxonomy Working Group [van Dijk, P.P., Iverson, J.B., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B. & Bour, R.], 2014: 369. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: Carolina-doosschildpad Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: eastern box turtle Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 369.
: common box turtle Ref: P.P. van Dijk et al., 2014: 369.
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