Three-toed Box Turtle

Three-toed Box Turtle
Family: EmydidaeTerrapene carolinaPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy David Brough
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The Three-toed Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis, is found in the northern panhandle. It is usually brown or olive and has three toes on each hind foot.

Other Names Three-toed Box Turtle Description The carapace of the Eastern Box Turtle is noticeably longer than wide, domed with a narrow keel lengthwise down the center, and has some flaring at the rear edge.

Tadpole eating by the three-toed box turtle. Chelonia. 2(6): 5. [62375] 8. Braun, Joanne; Brooks, Barnett R., Jr. 1987. Box turtles (Terrapene carolina) as potential agents for seed dispersal. American Midland Naturalist. 117(2): 312-318. [61842] 9.

Terrapene carolina triunguis (three-toed box turtle) lives in the Mississippi River Valley from northern Missouri southward across southeastern Kansas and eastern Oklahoma into south-central Texas, ...

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Three-toed Box Turtle
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Includes subspecies T. c. carolina (eastern box turtle) with influence of T. c. major (Gulf Coast box turtle) and T. c. triunguis (three-toed box turtle). Low Conservation Concern. (Fig. 108, p. 116) ...

See also: Box Turtle, Turtle, Shell, Reptile, Eastern Box Turtle