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The home range area of ornate box turtles varies a lot from study to study, from as small as 0.12 hectares to as large as 36.4 hectares. [ 7 ] [ 10 ] The large variability in home range size estimates can be affected by seasonality, body size and age, time period of observation, presence of roads or other structures, statistics used, and other ...
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 box turtle, Terrapene carolina.
The desert box turtle, also known as the Sonoran box turtle, (Terrapene ornata luteola) ... Ornate Box Turtle Range. Archived online 9 June 2018; External links
Washburn University professor Benjamin Reed presenting "Kansas ornate box turtles...and their Home on the range" at Smoky Hill Museum.
Box turtle is the common name for several species of turtle. ... Ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata (Agassiz, 1857) [9] ...
Turtles are fascinating creatures because they can live as long as humans, sometimes even longer. Their slow-moving mannerisms and rigid shield make them unique in the animal kingdom. In Texas ...
Box turtle eggs are flexible, oblong and are (depending on the taxon) on average 2–4 cm long weighing 5-11 g. The normal clutch size is 1-7 eggs. In captivity and in the southern end of their range, box turtles can have more than one clutch per year, while the average clutch size is larger in more northern populations. [6]
A rare species of turtle which is extinct in the wild has hatched at a zoo in Kansas. The McCord’s box turtle was born at Sedgwick County Zoo, staff announced last Friday (13 October). “This ...