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    The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles normally called box turtles. T. c. carolina...
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    The common box turtle (Terrapene carolina) is a species of box turtle with five existing subspecies. It is found throughout the Eastern United States and...
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    North American box turtles are turtles of the genus Terrapene. Although box turtles are superficially similar to tortoises in terrestrial habits and overall...
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    the four-toed individuals are actually eastern box turtle × three-toed box turtle hybrids. Three-toed box turtles have a domed shell which grows to 5–7...
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    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...
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    World Turtle Day is an annual observance held every May 23rd. It began in 2000 and is sponsored by American Tortoise Rescue. The day was created as a yearly...
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    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...
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    The Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) is a subspecies of turtle belonging to the family Emydidae and is one of six extant subspecies of the...
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    The Amboina box turtle or Southeast Asian box turtle (Cuora amboinensis) is a species of Asian box turtle widely distributed across Southeast Asia. It...
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    bills proposing the Blanding's turtle were unsuccessful. In Pennsylvania in 2009, the House passed an eastern box turtle bill which died in the Senate...
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    box turtle (simplified Chinese: 食蛇龟; traditional Chinese: 食蛇龜; pinyin: shíshéguī; lit. 'Snake-eating turtle'), also known as the yellow-margined box turtle...
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    The desert box turtle, also known as the Sonoran box turtle, (Terrapene ornata luteola) is a subspecies of box turtle which is endemic to the southwestern...
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    regionally based subspecies (the eastern, midland, and western) evolved during the last ice age. The southern painted turtle (C. dorsalis) is alternately...
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    older turtles. The eastern box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina) and Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) are similar in appearance to the wood turtle, and...
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    species. For example, for the eastern box turtle, the plastral formula is: an > abd > gul > pect > hum >< fem. Turtle plastrons were used by the ancient...
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    collect about 100 Eastern box turtles annually, was also reported to significantly exceed the legal collection limit for box turtles. In 2013, wildlife...
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    longer legs. The high, rounded shape of box turtles are particular obstacles for mounting. The male eastern box turtle leans backward and hooks onto the back...
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  • orally once a day. The eastern box turtle was euthanized due to extent of lesional involvement and the caretakers' belief that the turtle would not be able...
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  • wild) includes: Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) – 77 years Olm (Proteus anguinus) – 102 years Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina) – 138 years...
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    snakes are pit vipers. The eastern box turtle, which is the state reptile of North Carolina and Tennessee, is the most common turtle in the park, and is mostly...
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    diamondback terrapin turtle, which was adopted as the mascot of University of Maryland, College Park, as well as the threatened Eastern box turtle. The state is...
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    typically found at lower elevations. Other reptiles include the eastern box turtle, the eastern fence lizard, the black rat snake, and the northern water snake...
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    musk turtle, eastern box turtle, and the yellow- and red-eared slider. While common species in the northeast include Blanding's turtle, wood turtle, and...
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    State reptile - eastern box turtle...
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    preserve include: Foxes Deer American toads Raccoons Black rat snakes Eastern box turtles Various millipedes, including Narceus americanus Various salamanders...
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    supply. Below the dam, the North Branch cuts a serpentine path through the eastern Allegheny Mountains. First, it flows northeast by the communities of Bloomington...
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    1973 Mammal Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 1969 Marsupial Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana 2013 Reptile Eastern box turtle 1979 Salamander...
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    multiple species of wildlife, including eastern box turtle, soft shell turtle, snapping turtle, black (eastern) rat snake and the Northern water snake...
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    printing house in New Bern. Differences in the settlement patterns of eastern and western North Carolina, or the Atlantic coastal plain and uplands,...
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  • the Two Horned Narwhal") 97 5 "Box Turtled In!" Chris Kratt & Chris Roy Chris Kratt United States Eastern box turtle, European honey bee, coyote, bald...
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