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Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

2 Species ID Suggestions

Flordia Box turtle
Terrapene carolina bauri File:Florida Box Turtle Digon3 re-edited.jpg
gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago
Ornate Box Turtle
Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle


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4 Comments

Voddy
Voddy 11 years ago

Yeah but like I said it could be a subspecies :-)

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

I stated I was a novice at turtles; but I think Kansas is out of the range for the eastern. Wikipedia said that the geographical range for Terrapene carolina bauri "It is endemic to the U.S. state of Florida and the extreme southeastern portion of Georgia." Here are range maps I found:
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midor...

Voddy
Voddy 11 years ago

Looks like eastern box turtle to me. But could be a different subspecies

gatorfellows
gatorfellows 11 years ago

I am a turtle novice, so my suggestion was a guess based on the article I found.

kaizokurisu
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kaizokurisu

Bel Aire, Kansas, USA

Spotted on Aug 26, 2010
Submitted on Jul 15, 2012

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