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Emydidae
Identification
Terrapene ornata (Ornate Box Turtle)
Date Taken
17 April 2006
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, USA
Caption
Underside of a (captive) Terrapene ornata (box turtle).
- Subject
- Live Animal
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Coloration/Patterning :: Disruptive Coloration (Spots/Stripes)
- Anatomy
- Coloration/Patterning :: Cryptic
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Reptilia turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives
- Order Testudines
- Family Emydidae
Related Taxa
- Species Chrysemys picta Painted Turtle
- Species Clemmys guttata Spotted Turtle
- Species Deirochelys reticularia Chicken Turtle
- Species Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle
- Species Emys marmorata Western Pond Turtle, Pacific Pond Turtle
- Species Emys orbicularis European Pond turtle
- Species Glyptemys insculpta (North American) Wood Turtle
- Species Glyptemys muhlenbergii Bog Turtle
- Species Graptemys barbouri Barbour's Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys caglei Cagle's Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys ernsti Escambia Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys flavimaculata Yellow-blotched Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys geographica Common Map Turtle, Northern Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys gibbonsi Pascagoula Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys nigrinoda Black-knobbed Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys oculifera Ringed Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys ouachitensis Ouachita Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys pseudogeographica pseudogeographica
- Species Graptemys pulchra Alabama Map Turtle
- Species Graptemys versa Texas Map Turtle
- Species Malaclemys terrapin Diamondback Terrapin
- Species Pseudemys alabamensis Alabama Redbelly Turtle
- Species Pseudemys concinna Eastern River Cooter
- Species Pseudemys nelsoni Florida Redbelly Turtle
- Species Pseudemys peninsularis Peninsula Cooter
- Species Pseudemys rubriventris Eastern Redbelly Turtle, Northern Red-bellied Turtle
- Species Pseudemys suwanniensis Suwannee River Cooter
- Species Pseudemys texana Texas River Cooter
- Species Terrapene carolina Florida Box Turtle
- Species Terrapene coahuila Coahuilan box turtle
- Species Terrapene ornata Ornate Box Turtle
- Species Trachemys dorbigni Black-bellied Slider
- Species Trachemys scripta Pond Slider, scripta
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