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Ornate box turtles are among the most sensitive and difficult of North American species to maintain successfully. We do not recommend this species for beginners. They inhabit a variety of environments, from grassy plains to damp forest floors.
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www.tortoisetrust.org/care/cornata.html
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Description and quick care guide to ornate box turtles ... Feeding: Like other box turtles, ornate box turtles are carnivorous when young and omnivorous when adults, although they retain more carnivorous tendencies than other box turtles. Calcium-dusted crickets, mealworms, waxworms and earthworms along with pinky mice...
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exoticpets.about.com/od/boxturtles/p/ornateboxt.htm
exoticpets.about.com/od/boxturtles/p/ornateboxt.htm
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Ornate Box Turtles range across much of the south central United States from South Dakota to the north, southeastern Arizona to the west, southwest Indiana to the east, and south to southern Texas.
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herpcenter.ipfw.edu/outreach/accounts/reptiles/turtles/...
herpcenter.ipfw.edu/outreach/accounts/reptiles/turtles/Ornate_Box_Turtle/index.htm
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(The beautiful captive bred ornate box turtle [above] was purchased from Central Florida Reptile Farm.) Or check with local rescue organizations for turtles needing homes.
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www.turtlepuddle.org/american/boxcare.html
www.turtlepuddle.org/american/boxcare.html
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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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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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Hatchling and juvenile ornate box turtles are highly carnivorous. Preferred live foods include worms, snails, slugs, beetles, crickets, grasshoppers, and grubs. Ornate box turtles, even as adults, are slightly more carnivorous than other box turtles.
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www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-ornateboxie.htm
www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs-ornateboxie.htm
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Our new baby ornate box turtles by Al Ruscelli Photography ... Courtesy of a trusting friend of ours (thank you, Leeann), we now have a couple of baby ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata). They hatched out in July 2005, making them about 4 months old at the time of ... Macro Images of the Baby Ornate Box Turtles; (Ornate 1)
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www.ruscelli.com/turtles_ornate_box.htm
www.ruscelli.com/turtles_ornate_box.htm
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Ornate box turtles are said to be the "prairie" turtle. They inhabit treeless plains and gently rolling country with abundant and scattered low brush. They can be found in sandy and semi-arid regions, but rarely are found in densely wooded areas.
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www3.northern.edu/natsource/REPTILES/Boxtur1.htm
www3.northern.edu/natsource/REPTILES/Boxtur1.htm
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