Terrapene carolina
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 Florida Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri
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Terrapene carolina is a species of box turtle which consists of six subspecies. They are found throughout the eastern United States and Mexico. The box turtle has an olive colored shell with yellow spots on its neck.
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- Terrapene carolina
- Florida Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina bauri (Taylor, 1894)
- Eastern Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina carolina (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Gulf Coast Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina major (Agassiz, 1857)
- Three-toed Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina triunguis (Agassiz, 1857)
- Mexican Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina mexicana (Gray, 1849)
- Yucatan Box Turtle, Terrapene carolina yucatana (Boulenger, 1895)
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: - Tortoise & Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group (1996). Terrapene carolina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006.
