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Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

2 Species ID Suggestions

Toby Coley
Toby Coley 8 years ago
Eastern box turtle
Terrapene carolina carolina


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5 Comments

Adam Hovey
Adam Hovey 7 years ago

It's outside the EBT range, but since it looks like it's in water, and not just to soak (misconception about any box turtle is you won't find them in water), I'm going with EBT. I could be wrong. The pictures are kind of blurry, though.

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Not an ornate box turtle, it's an eastern. This should also be moved to the reptiles category as turtles are not amphibians.

Michelle18
Michelle18 8 years ago

I'm going with the ornate because its shell is more flat on the top.

Michelle18
Michelle18 8 years ago

I know they can both be found in arkansas. This may be to hard for me to call. Should have caught him and studied further.

Toby Coley
Toby Coley 8 years ago

This is actually in Eastern box turtle not an ornate Boxturtle. The first poster is incorrect.

Michelle18
Spotted by
Michelle18

Beebe, Arkansas, USA

Spotted on Jun 13, 2015
Submitted on Jun 14, 2015

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