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Eastern box turtles range in size from 4.5 to 8 in (11 to 20 cm) long. Eastern box turtle in Florida. Eastern box turtles have many uniquely identifying characteristics as part of the box turtle group. While the female's plastron is flat, it is concave in males so the male may fit over the back end of the female's carapace during mating.
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.
Eastern box turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758) Gulf Coast box turtle, Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz, 1857) Terrapene carolina putnami O.P. Hay, 1906 (extinct) Three-toed box turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis (Agassiz, 1857) Coahuilan box turtle, Terrapene coahuila Schmidt & Owens, 1944; Mexican box turtle, Terrapene ...
[24] [25] [26] Missouri names the three-toed box turtle. [27] Kansas and Nebraska honor the ornate box turtle. [28] [29] In Pennsylvania, the eastern box turtle made it through one house of the legislature, but failed to win final naming in 2009. [30] In Virginia, bills to honor the eastern box turtle failed in 1999 and then in 2009.
[2] [4] [47] Mississippi and North Carolina appeared in scientific names: Alligator mississippiensis and Terrapene carolina carolina. [30] [38] Alabama and New Mexico appeared in both common names (Alabama red-bellied turtle and New Mexico whiptail lizard) and scientific names (Pseudemys alabamensis and Cnemidophorus neomexicanus). [1] [2] [34]
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 word turtle is borrowed from the French word tortue or tortre 'turtle, tortoise'. [3] It is a common name and may be used without knowledge of taxonomic distinctions. In North America, it may denote the order as a whole. In Britain, the name is used for sea turtles as opposed to freshwater terrapins and land-dwelling tortoises. In Australia ...
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]