Terrapene


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Related to Terrapene: Terrapene ornata, terrapin
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Noun1.Terrapene - box turtlesTerrapene - box turtles        
reptile genus - a genus of reptiles
Emydidae, family Emydidae - box and water turtles
box tortoise, box turtle - chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly
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11:30 - FINE-SCALE MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF TERRAPENE CAROLINA CAROLINA IN THE OAK OPENINGS PRESERVE.
Experimental transmission of the induction of ranaviral disease in western ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) and the red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans).
Use of wildlife detector dogs to study eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) populations.
Relational responding by eastern box turtles (Terrapene Carolina) in a series of color discrimination tasks.
Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)--A female Box Turtle was observed at the bottom of the cave entrance on 4 July 2005.
70 oral swabs were collected from four turtle species including, Eastern Box turtles (Terrapene Carolina), Loggerhead Musk turtles (Sternotherus minor), Common Musk Turtles (Sternotherus odoratus), and Yellow-bellied Sliders (Trachemys scripta).
As young farm children, Rutter and his sisters often went fishing (which they greatly enjoyed), and if conditions warranted, they would also hunt for flowers and try to catch and bring home other animals such as eastern box turtles, Terrapene Carolina.
Western box turtles (Terrapene luteola) increase clutch size rather than egg size (Nieuwolt-Dacanay, 1997).
These species included: Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin); Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans); Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii); Texas Tortoise (Gopherus berlandieri); Gopher Tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus); Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina); Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene Carolina; especially T.
Terrapene Carolina (eastern box turtle).--A single specimen was found DOR on the Rio Grande Road in spring 1966.
fetus was isolated from feces of a reptile, a Florida box turtle (Terrapene Carolina bauri) that was kept as a pet (6).