Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Boonman, John, 2019, Forty years of Box Turtle husbandry, Pod @ rcis 10 (1), pp. 7-16 : 7
|
publication ID |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4973267 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C72AE918-F134-FFAF-BF13-02DEFAD3284A |
|
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
|
scientific name |
Terrapene carolina carolina |
| status |
|
Terrapene carolina carolina View in CoL
The nominate form, the Eastern Box Turtle , is found in the US states from Massachusetts to Illinois and Georgia (see map in figure 1). The species inhabits pastures, marshy meadows as well as open woodlands and shores of rivers and lakes. Adult animals have highdomed brown or black carapaces with a variable pattern of yellowish stripes and blotches. Maximal carapace length is ca. 16 cm. The hind legs contain four toes .
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
|
Kingdom |
|
|
Phylum |
|
|
Class |
|
|
Order |
|
|
Family |
|
|
Genus |