Terrapene triunguis

Terrapene triunguis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Testudinoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Testudinoidea

Familia: Emydidae
Subfamilia: Emydinae
Genus: Terrapene
Species: Terrapene triunguis

Name

Terrapene triunguis (Agassiz, 1857)

• Syntypes: USNM 86871 and USNM 86872.
• Type locality: “Louisiana and Mississippi ... New Orleans ... Osage River ... and from Georgia”.

References

Primary references

• Agassiz, L. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. Volume 1. Little, Brown & Co.: Boston. lii + 452 pp.

Vernacular names

English: Three-toed Box Turtle