Reptiles

Ornate Box Turtle

Terrapene ornata

Living

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Classification

Common name
Ornate Box Turtle
Browse group
Reptiles
Scientific name or taxon
Terrapene ornata
Taxon rank
species
Family
Emydidae
Genus
Terrapene
Source classification
Reptilia

Taxonomy checked against GBIF. For breeds and hybrids, this describes the listed parent taxon.

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