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Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

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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 Texas.January 385, February 369, March 419, April 794, May 487, June 324, July 213, August 219, September 261, October 278, November 362, December 350.
United States13,764
Texas4,372
Kansas2,455
Oklahoma1,197
New Mexico953
Missouri567
Arizona536
Nebraska440
Colorado421
South Dakota155

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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