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    Species Accepted

    Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)

    American Box Turtle
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Terrapene
    IUCNVulnerable

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 2 countries or islands

      2 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      BelgiumNo
      BelgiumNoUnknown
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      45 results
      American Box Turtle English
      Box Turtle English
      Caja de Carolina Spanish
      Carolina-Dosenschildkröte German
      Carolina-doosschildpad Dutch
      Carolinasköldpadda Swedish
      Common Box Turtle English
      Eastern Box Turtle English
      Eastern Box Turtle [carolina] English
      Florida Box Turtle English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      252 results
      Ernst,C.H. and Barbour,R.W. (1989). Turtles of the World. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. - London.
      Beane, & C, J. (2019). New geographic distribution records for reptiles from North Carolina, USA. Herpetological Review 50 (3): 538-542.
      Abraham, G. (1984). Das Portrait: Terrapene carolina triunguis - Dreizehen - Dosenschildkröte. Sauria 6 (3): 1-2.
      Gray, J. E. (1849). Description of a new species of Box Tortoise from Mexico. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1849: 16-17.
      GUEVARA, RICHARD; TAYLOR L. HANCOCK & JORDAN DONINI. (2022). Identification and frequency of algal epiphytes in a coastal population of Florida Box Turtles, Terrapene carolina bauri Taylor, 1895. Herpetology Notes 15: 471–474.
      CARLSON, BRADLEY E. (2022). TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA (Eastern Box Turtle). SAMESEX MOUNTING BEHAVIOR. Herpetological Review 53 (1): 125–126.
      Murphy, T. D. (1964). Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina, in Stomach of Copperhead, Agkistrodon contortrix. Copeia 1964 (1): 221.
      Royle, J. Andrew; Michael M. Quinlan & Christopher W. Swarth. (2025). Evidence for Recruitment-Mediated Decline in an Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) Population Based on a 30-Year Capture–Recapture Data Set from Maryland. Chelonian Conservation and Biology Jun 2025 Vol. 24, No. 1: 102-110.
      RODRIGUEZ, ADRIAN; REBECCA SPEER & JORDAN DONINI. (2021). TERRAPENE CAROLINA BAURI (Florida Box Turtle). DIET. Herpetological Review 52 (2): 399.
      Köhler, G. (2008). Reptiles of Central America. 2nd Ed. Herpeton-Verlag, 400 Pp.

      Citation

      Terrapene carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) in undefined