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Terrapene mexicana (Mexican box turtle)

Synonyms: Cistudo mexicana (homotypic); Terrapene carolina mexicana (homotypic); Terrapene goldmani

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mexican box turtle (Terrapene carolina mexicana) is a subspecies of box turtle endemic to Mexico.
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Infraspecies

Terrapene mexicana mexicana
Terrapene mexicana yucatana

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.887 lbs (856 g)
Female Weight [1]  372 grams
Female Maturity [1]  6 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  6 years
Gestation [1]  55 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  138 years

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0