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  2. Eastern box turtle - Wikipedia

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    carolina is native to the Eastern United States. The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box turtle (Terrapene carolina). While in the pond turtle family, Emydidae, and not a tortoise, the box turtle is largely terrestrial. [4] Box turtles are slow crawlers, extremely long-lived, and slow to mature and have relatively few offspring ...

  3. Common box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Common box turtles are official state reptiles of three U.S. states. North Carolina and Tennessee honor the eastern box turtle, [14] [15] [16] Kansas adopted the ornate box turtle in 1986. [17] [18] In Pennsylvania, the eastern box turtle made it through one house of the legislature, but failed to win final naming in 2009. [19]

  4. Box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina). Box turtle is the common name for several species of turtle. It may refer to those of the genus Cuora or Pyxidea, which are the Asian box turtles, or more commonly to species of the genus Terrapene, the North American box turtles. They are largely characterized by having a shell shaped like a dome ...

  5. Chinese woman facing charge of trying to smuggle turtles ...

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    Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black market for $1,000 each, according to the affidavit. Ng is charged with attempting to export the turtles from the U.S., in violation of ...

  6. Asheville scientist combats illegal turtle trafficking with ...

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    The $100K in prize money will go toward the development of a genomic database for three of the most poached turtle species in the U.S.: Eastern box turtles, alligator snapping turtles and Blanding ...

  7. North American box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Toxaspis Cope, 1895. North American box turtles are turtles of the genus Terrapene. Although box turtles are superficially similar to tortoises in terrestrial habits and overall appearance, they are actually members of the American pond turtle family (Emydidae). The 12 taxa which are distinguished in the genus are distributed over seven species.

  8. Terrapene ornata - Wikipedia

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    T. ornata. Binomial name. Terrapene ornata. Agassiz, 1857. Terrapene ornata is a species of North American box turtle sometimes referred to as the western box turtle or the ornate box turtle. It is one of two recognized species of box turtle in the United States, having two subspecies. The second recognized species of box turtle is the eastern ...

  9. Three-toed box turtle - Wikipedia

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    Oelrich, 1953. The three-toed box turtle (Terrapene triunguis) is a species within the genus of hinge-shelled turtles commonly referred to as box turtles. This species is native to the south-central part of the United States and is the official reptile of the state of Missouri. [4] It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the eastern box ...

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