Terrapene ornata


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Noun1.Terrapene ornata - primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern MexicoTerrapene ornata - primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico
Western box turtle
box tortoise, box turtle - chiefly terrestrial turtle of North America; shell can be closed tightly
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This study provides data on thermal environment and habitat selection for hibernacula of the ornate box turtle Terrapene ornata, a prairie-dependent species threatened across much of its current range (Doroff and Keith 1990, Dodd 2002, Ernst and Lovich 2009).
Thermal environment and microhabitat of ornate box turtle hibernacula
How do predators locate nests of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata)?
Does natural visual camouflage reduce turtle nest predation?
Carolina); Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata); and Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta).
Mapping the Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) and painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) in Western North America
Desert box turtles (Terrapene ornata) reportedly consume fruits (Ernst and Lovich, 2009), although their role as seed-dispersal agents has not been investigated.
Consumption of desert gourds by collared peccary suggests the fruit is not an ecological anachronism
Effect of nutritional status on the preferred body temperature of the turtles Pseudemys scripta and Terrapene ornata. Copeia 1974:912-917.
Estimating abundance of adult Trachemys scripta with camera traps: accuracy, precision and probabilities of capture for a closed population
Activity, reproduction, and overwintering behavior of Ornate Box Turtles (Terrapene ornata ornata) in the Nebraska Sandhills.
The vascular flora of Brown County, Nebraska
Grant (1936) reported the racer (Coluber constrictor), eastern ribbon snake (Thamnophis sauritus), common garter snake, six-lined racerunner and eastern hognose snake as common in Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area; and he reported the painted turtle, spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata), ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata) and Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) as common in Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area and in Starke County.
Amphibians and reptiles from twenty-three counties of Indiana
Native chelonians are the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina), spiny soft-shelled turtle (Apalone spinifera; found only in streams), yellow mud turtle (Kinosternon flavescens), and ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata).
Cold hardiness and overwintering strategies of hatchlings in an assemblage of northern turtles
In this paper, we describe how automated radio telemetry and the signal change method may be used to detect nesting activity in ornate box turtles (Terrapene ornata).
Use of automated radio telemetry to detect nesting activity in ornate box turtles, Terrapene Ornata
in turtles, only adult Terrapene carolina (eastern box turtle), and hatchling Terrapene ornata (ornate box turtle), Chrysemys picta (painted turtle), Emys blandingii (Blanding's turtle), and Malaclemys terrapin (diamondbacked terrapin) are known to survive freezing for periods >1 day (Storey, 2006).
Evidence for freeze tolerance in the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
The only vertebrate found was an Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata).
FIRST RECORD FROM NEBRASKA OF THE CLAM SHRIMP EULIMNADIA DIVERSA (CRUSTACEA: BRANCHIOPODA: CONCHOSTRACA)

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