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Ensure that box turtle habitats are provided with plenty of shade, have a shallow 'soaking' tray of fresh, clean water permanently available, and that temperatures are maintained from 80-85 ºF in one area to approximately 70 ºF in another. ... Ornate box turtle: Terrapene ornata ornata;
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Description and quick care guide to ornate box turtles ... Sexing Ornate Box Turtles : Sexing ornate box turtles can be quite difficult. Somtimes the male will have a reddish iris, but this is not always the case. Unlike the Eastern box ... Additionally, box turtle populations are declining (listed by CITES as threatened,
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exoticpets.about.com/od/boxturtles/p/ornateboxt.htm
exoticpets.about.com/od/boxturtles/p/ornateboxt.htm
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This small terrestrial turtle has a domed carapace and hinged plastron that allows it to retract fully inside of its shell. In contrast to other box turtle species, the top of the carapace of the Ornate Box Turtle is slightly flattened and unkeeled.
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herpcenter.ipfw.edu/outreach/accounts/reptiles/turtles/Ornate_Box_Turtle/
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Box turtle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The box turtle or box tortoise is one of several species of turtle. It can refer to either those of the genera Cuora or Pyxidea , which are the Asian box turtles, or more commonly to species o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_turtle
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Ornate box turtle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ornate box turtle is the common name of Terrapene ornata ornata , one of only two terrestrial species of turtles native to the Great Plains of the United States. It is one of the two different subs...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornate_box_turtle
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The Ornate Box Turtle ... The ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata) from Indiana and eastern Wyoming south to Louisiana and New Mexico, and the less commonly seen desert ornate (Terrapene ornate luteola) from southeastern Arizona, New Mexico and the Trans-Pecos region of Texas south into Sonora and Chihuahua Mexico.
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www.tortoise.org/archives/terrapen.html
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The ornate box turtle has a high-domed, oval shell, flattened on the top, with a width that is three-quarters of its length. The maximum shell length is about 6 inches (15 cm). The turtle's common name refers to its ability to completely close its shell, creating a secure box in which to hide.
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www3.northern.edu/natsource/REPTILES/Boxtur1.htm
www3.northern.edu/natsource/REPTILES/Boxtur1.htm
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If an ornate box turtle needs to live indoors, the enclosure should be as large as possible. I wouldn't use anything smaller than a 50 gallon Rubbermaid plastic tub for an adult so that you can provide the microenvironments your box turtle needs.
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www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-ornateboxie.htm
www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-ornateboxie.htm
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Ornate Box Turtle; (Terrapene ornata) ... Interesting facts:; Ornate box turtles have a hinge on their lower shell (plaston). This allows them to completely pull their head, legs, and tail into their shell. ... Ornate box turtles are 4 to 5 inches long. They have a flattened dome-like shell that is brown marked with...
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www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/prairie/htmls/popups/rep...
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