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Mexican Box Turtle

Photo: (c) Tereso Hernández Morales, some rights reserved (CC BY) (CC-BY)

Turtle Species

Mexican Box Turtle

Terrapene mexicana

  • Scientific nameTerrapene mexicana
  • FamilyPond turtles (Emydidae)
  • Max carapace length20 cm
  • Longest recorded lifespan138 years
  • LifestyleAquatic & terrestrial
  • iNaturalist observations88

About this species

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

Source: Wikipedia「Mexican box turtle」 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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