Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina
Male Eastern Box Turtle from Salem, WV area
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Box Turtle
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
hard-shelled land turtle of the genus Terrapene, native to North America.
Box turtles can make hardy captives if their needs are met, and are frequently kept as pets. They are also well represented in many zoos throughout the world.
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Box turtles live in open woodlands, pastures, and marshy meadows. They are often found near streams and ponds.
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Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
Other Names Desert Box Turtle Description The carapace of the Ornate Box Turtle is relatively broad and oval, usually slightly flattened at the top, ...
Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)
Description: To 5¾" carapace length. Carapace greenish to brownish, with radiating thick yellow lines. Plastron hinged and capable of completely concealing head and legs.
Desert Box Turtle
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Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata ornata)
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Eastern Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
Photo by J. Willson
Description: Eastern box turtles are small to medium sized turtles, attaining a maximum length of 8 inches (20 cm) and possessing a highly domed carapace (top of shell).
Eastern Box Turtle
(Terrapene carolina carolina)
DESCRIPTION: 4-8 1/2" (10-21.6 cm). Terrestrial. Movable plastron hinge allows lower shell to close tightly against carapace. Carapace high-domed and keeled; variable in color and pattern.
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Box Turtles are common throughout North Carolina. Males have bright orange to red eyes. This poor turtle was covered with over 25 large mosquitoes that seemed to be trying to pierce its shell.
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
The Eastern Box Turtle is named for its ability to close its shell tight like a box. Its plastron is hinged so it can draw its under
shell up tight against its carapace (top shell).
Eastern Box Turtle
Scientific Name: Terrapene carolina carolina
Size: 5-8 inches (12.7-20 cm) in length
PA Status: Species of special concern ...
Eastern Box Turtle
Relatives in same Genus
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Box turtles are live on land; they are found in a wide variety of moist, warm wooded regions in the eastern USA. In hot weather they will burrow in the mud, swamps, and leaves of the forest, coming out only to look for food after heavy rains.
Asian Box Turtle Species Profile
This Asian box turtle has a highly domed, somewhat elongate carapace and a strongly hinged plastron. The carapace is dark brown, and most specimens bear a yellow vertebral stripe or spot on each vertebral scute.
Ornate box turtles live strictly on land. They live in dry prairies and oak savannas with deep sandy soils. The sandy soil allows them to burrow deep enough to avoid freezing in winter. They come out of winter hibernation in early to late April.
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
No photo of the Eastern Box Turtle available.
The Eastern Box Turtle is from the order Testudines. All turtles are testudines (or Chelonia). There are more than 280 different species belonging to this order.
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
Identification: The high, domed carapace is dark with a radiating pattern of yellow or orange. Plastron with flexible hinge, allowing complete shell closure. Head and legs with yellow markings.
Eastern Box Turtles are long-lived creatures and have been documented to exceed sixty years of age. Very old specimens may reach ages of over one hundred.
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Western Ornate Box Turtle, peeking out of its shell. The reddish irises of the eyes suggest that it is a male. The scutes, or horny plates, that cover the shell have growth rings that give an indication of the turtle's age. Photo by Michael M. Sharp.
Reptiles; Common Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina) Emydidae, Images by Wernher Krutein and PHOTOVAULTŪ ...
Box turtle, Terrapene carolina
The box turtle is the most terrestrial of Pennsylvania's turtles. They average 4 ½ to 5 inches in length. The color and pattern of the markings on their shell are quite variable.
Keeled box turtle (Cuora mouhotii)
This terrestrial Asian box turtle gets its name from the three large keels, or raised ridges, on its upper shell. Overall it is brownish in... More 5 Images 0 videos ...
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Male box turtles have a concave plastron to facilitate mating. In both sexes the plastron has a hinge between the pectoral and abdominal scutes which divides it into two movable lobes.
Florida Box Turtle Terrapene carolina
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Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina ssp. Common to locally uncommon or rare statewide. While they have declined over past two decades, box turtles still are frequently encountered (especially after rains) in, or near, forested areas.
Eastern box turtles do not appear to be territorial because they are commonly found grouped together under cover or in close proximity to each other. Eastern box turtles occupy the same home range year after year.
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Differs from box turtles (genus TERRAPENE) in lacking a hinged plastron and in having columnar hindlegs with flattened, rather than pointed and tapered, nails.
Vietnamese box turtle
Class: Reptilia
Status: IUCN: Critically Endangered ; CITES: Appendix ll
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Common Name: Ornate Box Turtle
Scientific Name: Terrapene ornata ornata
Wisconsin Status: Endangered Species (1972) ...
There two races of box turtles, but only the eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) occurs in Canada. Although it is the most terrestrial Canadian turtle, the Eastern box turtle often soaks in mud or water for a few hours a day.
eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)
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The first ones I saw were parasitizing a box turtle I found wandering in my yard. I noticed a weird lump on the side of the turtle's neck.
Description: The Gopher Tortoise is the only tortoise in the Southeast and can easily be distinguished from the box turtle (our only other fully terrestrial turtle) by its large size, rigid, ...
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Five of these species are sea turtles and one (the Eastern Box Turtle) is primarily terrestrial. The rest are semi-aquatic, inhabiting North Carolina's ponds, wetlands, and other water bodies.
5. Highly domed carapace and hinged plastron that can seal the head of the animal into the shell............Eastern Box Turtle
6. No hinge on plastron..............see 7 - 8 ...
Similar Species: The spotted turtle is in the same family as box turtles.
Cooters and sliders belong to the pond and marsh turtles family Emydidae which comprise the largest family of living turtles, including diamondback terrapins, and box turtles.
Of the 26 types of turtle species found in Florida, the vast majority (18) are freshwater turtle species. Besides freshwater turtles, Florida is home to the gopher tortoise, box turtles, and five sea turtle species.
The upper portion called the carapace cuff and the lower called the plastron are both joined together. Most sea turtles have a reduced shell, and other species like a box turtle, can completely enclose the openings.
 See also: Shell, Turtle, Reptile, Snapping Turtle, Eastern Box Turtle
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