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Three-toed Box Turtle

Terrapene triunguis

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Missouri.January 331, February 381, March 463, April 846, May 1,345, June 823, July 467, August 392, September 467, October 382, November 315, December 315.
United States24,002
Missouri6,804
Texas6,144
Arkansas4,799
Oklahoma3,398
Illinois1,898
Louisiana909
Kansas800
Mississippi773
Tennessee43

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassReptiles · Reptilia
OrderTurtles and Tortoises · Testudines
FamilyPond and Box Turtles · Emydidae
GenusBox Turtles · Terrapene

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