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Ornate Box Turtle
(Terrapene ornata)

Ornate Box Turtle

Family Emydidae

Photo from Hammerson, 1986.
Used with permission.

Last Updated on January 20, 2000.

Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)   Range Map
Color Key
Description:
To 5¾" carapace length. Carapace greenish to brownish, with radiating thick yellow lines. Plastron hinged and capable of completely concealing head and legs.
Elevation Range:
Below 5500' in eastern Colorado.
Subspecies in Colorado:
Terrapene ornata ornata

Ornate Box Turtle
(Terrapene ornata)
CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef. CountyRef.
AdamsH Dolores  La Plata  Pitkin 
Alamosa  Douglas  Lake  ProwersH
ArapahoeH Eagle  Larimer *  PuebloH
Archuleta  El PasoH Las AnimasH Rio BlancoBR1, Note8
BacaH ElbertDC2 LincolnH Rio Grande 
BentH FremontH LoganH Routt 
Boulder *  Garfield  Mesa  Saguache 
Chaffee  Gilpin  Mineral  San Juan 
CheyenneH Grand  Moffat  San Miguel 
Clear Creek  Gunnison  Montezuma  SedgwickRLH3
Conejos  Hinsdale  Montrose  Summit 
Costilla  Huerfano *  MorganH Teller * 
CrowleyGHR, CDOW1 Jackson  OteroH WashingtonH
Custer *  Jefferson  Ouray  WeldH
Delta  KiowaH Park  YumaH
Denver  Kit CarsonH PhillipsH

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