American box turtle atau Terrapene adalah kura kura batok yang tersebar didaerah Amerika, berbeda dengan saudaranya Asian Box Turtle atau Cuora, American Box Turtle termasuk kedalam family Emydidae dan berada di sub Family Emydinae,
setidaknya ada 4 spesies dan 11 sub spesies yang dimasukan kedalam genus Terrapene diantaranya:
1. Common box turtle, Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) (type species)
a. Florida box turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri Taylor, 1895
b. Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
c. Gulf Coast box turtle, Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz, 1857)
d. Mexican box turtle, Terrapene carolina mexicana (Gray, 1849)
e. Terrapene carolina putnami O.P. Hay, 1906 (extinct)
f. Three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis (Agassiz, 1857)
g. Yucatán box turtle, Terrapene carolina yucatana (Boulenger, 1895)
2. Coahuilan box turtle, Terrapene coahuila Schmidt & Owens, 1944
3. Spotted box turtle, Terrapene nelsoni Stejneger, 1925
a. Northern spotted box turtle, Terrapene nelsoni klauberi Bogert, 1943
b. Southern spotted box turtle, Terrapene nelsoni nelsoni Stejneger, 1925
4. Ornate box turtle (or: Western box turtle), Terrapene ornata, (Agassiz, 1857)
a. Ornate box turtle (or: Western box turtle), Terrapene ornata ornata (Agassiz, 1857)
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