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    Species Accepted

    Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857)

    Ornate Box Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Terrapene
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Caja Ornamentada Spanish
      Desert Box Turtle
      Ornate Box Turtle
      Ornate Box Turtle English
      Schmuck-Dosenschildkröte German
      Schmuckdosenschildkröte German
      Sierdoosschildpad Dutch
      Tartaruga-de-caixa-ornada Portuguese
      Tortue-Boîte ornée (La) French
      Tortue-boîte ornée commune French

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
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      Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      141 results
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      Lewis, L, E., Iverson, & B, J. (2018). Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle) Longevity. Herpetological Review 49 (3): 530.
      Cureton, James C., II, Michael Janis, William I. Lutterschmidt, Christopher P. Randle, Donald C. Ruthven, III and Raelynn Deaton. (2014). Effects of urbanization on genetic diversity, gene flow, and population structure in the Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata). Amphibia-Reptilia 35 (1): 87-97.
      TTWG; Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., Bour, R., Fritz, U., Georges, A., Shaffer, H.B., and van Dijk, P.P. (2021). Turtles of the World: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status (9th Ed.). In: Rhodin, A.G.J., Iverson, J.B., van Dijk, P.P., Stanford, C.B., Goode, E.V., Buhlmann, K.A., and Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.). Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. Chelonian Research Monographs 8:1–472. Doi:10.3854/Crm.8.Checklist.Atlas.V9.2021.
      GROSE, LOGAN H.; PHOEBE G. DUNBAR, MICHAEL L. ROHDE & KEITH GELUSO. (2021). TERRAPENE ORNATA (Ornate Box Turtle). DIET. Herpetological Review 52 (2): 399–400.
      RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO; GEORGE W. POLLOCK, DARREN A. POLLOCK & IVANA MALI. (2022). Mass die-off of juvenile Ornate Box Turtles, Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857), in Chaves County, New Mexico, USA. Herpetology Notes 15: 391–393.
      SURIYAMONGKOL, THANCHIRA; ALISSA A. KREIKEMEIER & IVANA MALI. (2022). Coprophagy by Ornate Box Turtles, Terrapene ornata (Agassiz, 1857), in Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA. Herpetology Notes 15: 197–198.
      Werning, & Heiko. (2012). Die Reptilien und Amphibien des Südwestens. Draco 13 (50): 18-60.
      VanDeWalle, & Terry. (2022). The Natural History of the Snakes and Lizards of Iowa. University of Iowa Press, Iowa City, Iowa, 384 Pp. ISBN: 978-1- 609388-37-9. [Review in HR 54 (1): 151].
      Bernstein, Neil P.; Robert G. Todd, Meleah Y. Baloch, S. Andrew Mccollum, Tyler Skorczewski, Kelly A. Mickael & Julia E.M. Eastham. (2018). Morphometric Models of Growth in Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) as Related to Growth Rings. Chelonian Conservation and Biology Dec 2018 Vol. 17, No. 2: 197-205.

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