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Minx, P. (1996). Phylogenetic relationships among the box turtles, genus terrapene. Herpetologica, 52(4), 584–597.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Minx1996 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Emydidae, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Systematik = taxonomy, Terrapene, Terrapene carolina, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene nelsoni, Terrapene ornata Creators: Minx Collection: Herpetologica |
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Terrapene The North American box turtles belong to a taxonomically diverse assemblage adapted to a wide variety of habitats. Relationships within the genus are complex, and variation within T. carolina is especially problematic. I analyzed 32 morphological characters phylogenetically to deduce the most parsimonious relationships among the 11 currently recognized taxa. Two species groups, the ornata and carolina groups, are recognized. The ornata group includes T. ornata and T. nelsoni, the carolina group includes T. carolina and T. coahuila. Terrapene coahuila is the basal clade of the carolina group. Within T. carolina, T. c. major is the most basal subspecies with the rest comprising two monophyletic groups: (1) T. c. yucatana, T. c. mexicana, and T. c. triunguis and (2) T. c. carolina and T. c. bauri. Within the ornata group, T. ornata is the sister taxon of T. nelsoni.
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