Cistudo major Agassiz 1857 (box turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1857. Contributions to the Natural History of the United States of America. First Monograph. Vol. I. Part I. Essay on Classi cation. Part II. North American Testudinata. 1-452

Belongs to Cistudo according to L. Agassiz 1857

Sister taxa: Cistudo marnochii, Terrapene bulverda, Terrapene carolina, Terrapene coahuila, Terrapene corneri, Terrapene eurypygia, Terrapene hibernaculum, Terrapene impensa, Terrapene impressa, Terrapene klauberi, Terrapene nelsoni, Terrapene ornata, Terrapene parornata, Terrapene putnami, Terrapene singletoni, Cistudo mexicana, Cistudo triunguis, Cistudo eocaenica

Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cistudo major in the database

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