MCZ Herpetology R-1552

Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Date Collected:

Current Identification

Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Emydidae

Common Name(s): Eastern Box Turtie; Woodland Box Turtle; eastern box turtle

Determiner: Catalog

Nature of ID: migration

Remarks: Catalog/1998

Previous Identification

Cistudo virginea

Animalia Chordata Reptilia Anapsida Testudinata Cryptodira Testudinoidea Emydidae

Determiner: Catalog

Nature of ID: type ID

Remarks: Catalog/1998

Agassiz 1857, page 445, Syntype of Cistudo virginea

Barbour and Loveridge 1929, page 242, Voucher of Cistudo virginea

Shows Publication: Agassiz 1857 Description: text

Shows Publication: Barbour and Loveridge 1929 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. LXIX no. 10

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
tissue (95% ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History
Remarks: muscle; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2022-03-16
subsampled by = Rina Morisawa determined date=2022-02-08 determined by=Rina Morisawa
whole animal (ethanol)	good	in collection	1	History

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
sex	male	[no agent data], Method: MCZ
associated grant	Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR)	By: Rina Morisawa	2022-03-16

TYPE: fide Ernst+McBreen, 1991, Cat. of Am. Amph.+Rep. #512; Current ID = Terrapene carolina carolina

Specific Locality:
[no specific locality data]
Verbatim Locality:
North Carolina
Georeference:
35.3884660°, -81.371474° (Error radius: 3036m) By: Nelson Rios on 2019-01-23 (Source: GEOLocate batch georeferencing, 2019-01-23)
Datum:
WGS84
Coordinates Entered As:
decimal degrees
Collecting Source:
wild caught
Began Date / Ended Date:
1700-01-01 / 1998-02-03
Verbatim Date:
[no verbatim date data]
Collecting Event Remarks:
End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
Collector:
W. C. Kern