Terrapene ornata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Terrapene ornata is a species of North American box turtle sometimes referred to as the western box turtle or ornate box turtle . There are two subspecies of T. ornata : •Ornate Box Turtle, ...
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The Desert Box Turtle ( Terrapene ornata luteola ) ranges from the Trans-Pecos region of Texas, New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona in the United States, south into Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico...
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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. ... Ornate box turtle: Terrapene ornata ornata;
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Distribution:     The Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene ornata ornata was described by Agassiz in 1857. They are found from Indiana and South Dakota to the lower Rio Grande valley, inhabiting plains and prairies in areas of scrub and low brush thickets.
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Testudines Terrapene ornata -- Ornate Box Turtle ... Purple shade indicates vouchered specimens. Light blue (cyan) shade indicates photographic records. Yellow shade indicates verified sighting. Slanted hatch indicates pre-1980 records only; NOTE: Not all specimens upon ... Subspecies: Ornate box turtle, T. o. ornata.
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Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata): A Technical Conservation Assessment; Prepared for the USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region, Species Conservation Project; May 16, 2006; Alan J. Redder1, C. Kenneth Dodd, Jr., Ph.D.2, and Douglas Keinath1 and Dave Mcdonald3 with Takeshi Ise3;
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Western Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) ... The words Terrapene ornata translate to “ornate (patterned) small turtle,” which aptly describes this 6 inch (15 cm) long, colorful, terrestrial turtle. Both the high-domed carapace (upper part of the shell) and hinged plastron (lower part) are black or brown with radiating...
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Upper shell hard, domed, dark with yellow streaks or spots; lower shell transversely hinged in adults, allowing the shell to be tightly closed; upper shell up to about 14.6 cm (5.7 inches) long. ... View the distribution of observed Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) on a map;
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T. o. ornata; The Ornate Box Turtle ... As with other members of the Terrapene group, the ornate box turtle has a singular hinge on the plastron that enables it to completely close its head, ... The ornate box turtle Terrapene ornata ornata, is found in Indiana and eastern Wyoming south to Louisiana and New Mexico.
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